Regional variations in near surface shear wave velocity in the Greater Memphis area

Seismic velocities and geotechnical data applied to the soil microzoning of western Algarve, Portugal

“…This result agrees with those of others (Romero and Rix, 2001;Scott et al, 2004;Thelen et al, 2006) that conclude that surficial geology is not a good corollary for determining soil amplification factors (Lenz and Baise, 2007).…”

Probabilistic fragility analysis parameterized by fundamental response quantities

“…Record Sets 1-3 are records simulating earthquake events for the Lowlands soil profile (Holocene deposit [28]) in the Memphis area, TN, USA and each of them consists of ten synthetic records. The three sets of ground motions employed are based on three scenario earthquakes; large magnitude-short distance, medium magnitude-medium distance and small magnitude-long distance.…”

Active seismic and passive microtremor HVSR for assessing site effects in Jammu city, NW Himalaya, India—A case study

“…Mucciarelli and Gallipoli (2006) mentioned that if there is monotonic increase in Vs with depth and a strong impedance contrast in the few dozens of meters from the surface Vs 30 works well in the estimation of site effects. A comprehensive study on soil deposits susceptible to ground motion amplification in the central United States carried out Romero and Rix (2001) demonstrates that Vs 30 is adequate to estimate the site response if little or no information is available for larger depths. The city of Jammu is underlain by sub-montane deposits present in the form of a piedmont alluvial plain in front of the Upper Siwalik hill and these deposits are reworked material derived mainly from the Upper Siwalik conglomerate boulder beds.…”