S13A:
Advances in Site Response II Posters

Session ID#: 2583

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Marta Pischiutta, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, Jan Burjanek, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Sebastiano D'Amico, University of Malta, Department of Geosciences, Msida, Malta
Primary Convener:  Marta Pischiutta, INGV, Roma, Italy
Co-conveners:  Sebastiano D'Amico, University of Malta, Department of Geosciences, Msida, Malta, Jan Burjanek, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Francesco Panzera, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Physics Department, Reykjavík, Iceland
OSPA Liaison:  Marta Pischiutta, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

7212 Earthquake ground motions and engineering seismology [SEISMOLOGY]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
S13A-4419
Local Seismic Response of Sites with Pronounced Topography: Observations & Modeling (21063)
Jan Burjanek, Ben Edwards and Donat Faeh, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
 
S13A-4420
Effects of Topography on Ground Motion in Southern California and the Wasatch Front Regions (14723)
Doriam L Restrepo, University EAFIT, Civil Engineering, Medellín, Colombia, Jacobo Bielak, Carnegie Mellon University, CEE, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Ricardo Taborda, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, TN, United States
 
S13A-4422
DIRECTIONAL RESONANCE AND WAVEFIELD POLARIZATION IN THE DAMAGE ZONE OF THE CAMPO IMPERATORE FAULT ZONE (CENTRAL ITALY). (17735)
Marta Pischiutta, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, Michele Fondriest, Padua University, Department of Earth Sciences, Padua, Italy, Matteo Demurtas, Padua University, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Padua, Italy, Giulio Di Toro, University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Italy and Antonio Rovelli, Inst Nazionale Geofisica, Rome, Italy
 
S13A-4423
Geophysical Investigations on Malta (Central Mediterranean) using Ambient Noise: Assessing Array Performance and Influence of a Thick Low Velocity Layer. (15268)
Daniela Farrugia1, Enrico Paolucci2, Sebastiano D'Amico3 and Pauline M Galea1, (1)University of Malta, Msida, Malta, (2)Universita di Siena, Siena, Italy, (3)University of Malta, Department of Geosciences, Msida, Malta
 
S13A-4424
Seismic Noise Studies of Urbanized Areas at Puerto Vallarta Mexico (7448)
Karen Cecilia Lara Huerta1, Christian R Escudero1, Adan Gomez1 and Luis Madrigal2, (1)Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro de Sismologia y Volcanología de Occidente, Puerto, Mexico, (2)Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Mexico
 
S13A-4426
Application of the H/V and SPAC Method to Estimate a 3D Shear Wave Velocity Model, in the City of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. (30388)
Luis Eduardo Alberto Prado Morales1, Jorge Aguirre2, Ricardo Vazquez Rosas1, Gerardo Suarez1, Moises Gerardo Contreras Ruiz-Esparza3 and Isaac Farraz4, (1)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Institute of Engineering UNAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico, (3)CENAPRED Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres, Mexico City, Mexico, (4)Terracon Ingenieria, Mexico City, Mexico
 
S13A-4427
2D and 3D Shear-Wave Velocity Structure to >1 Km Depth from Ambient and Active Surface Waves: Three “Deep Remi” Case Studies (6619)
Aasha Pancha, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Satish K Pullammanappallil, Optim, Reno, NV, United States and John N Louie, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Reno, NV, United States
 
S13A-4428
Study of Site Response in the Seattle and Tacoma Basins, Washington, Using Spectral Ratio Methods (17843)
Ruhollah Keshvardoost, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Lorraine W Wolf, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
 
S13A-4429
A New Site-Conditions Map of California Based on Geology and Slope (4781)
Chris J Wills and Carlos Gutierrez, California Geological Survey Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States
 
S13A-4430
Mapping Site Response Parameters on Cal Poly Pomona Campus Using the Spectral Ratio Method (11775)
King Yin Kennis HO, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States and Jascha Polet, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States
 
S13A-4431
Site Effects in the City of Port au Prince (Haiti) Inferred From 2010 Earthquake Aftershocks Recordings. (15233)
Sadrac ST Fleur1,2, Françoise Courboulex1, Etienne Bertrand3, Anne Deschamps4, Bernard F Mercier De Lepinay1, Dominique Boisson5, Claude Prepetit2 and Susan Elizabeth Hough6, (1)GeoAzur, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France, (2)URGéo, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Etat d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, (3)CEREMA, Laboratoire de Nice, Nice, France, (4)Géoazur - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, OCA, Valbonne, France, (5)URGéo, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Etat d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Belgium, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, United States
 
S13A-4432
Validation of S-wave Velocity beneath the Ise Bay, Central Japan, Using Continuous Short-period Ambient Noise Data (19962)
Takumi Hayashida, Building Research Institute, IISEE, Ibaraki, Japan, Masayuki Yoshimi, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan and Haruo Horikawa, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan
 
S13A-4434
Site response assessment at the city of Alkhobar, Eastern Saudi Arabia from microtremor and boring data (3077)
Mohammed Saeed Fnais, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Musaed Alharbi,Abdullah Al-Amri,Kamal Abdelrahman
 
S13A-4435
A Comparison Study of the Amplification Characteristics of the Seismic Observation Sites Using Coda Wave, Background Noise, and S-Wave Energy from Fukuoka Earthquakes Series (7007)
Junkyoung Kim, Semyung University, Department of fire protection engineering, Chungchongbuk-Do, South Korea
 
S13A-4436
Computing Site Effects via Using Blank Noise Records in Strong Motion Stations, Middle Taiwan (15033)
Chi Shin Wu1, Teng-To Yu2, Wen-Fei Peng1 and Yeoin-Tein Yeh1, (1)National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, (2)National Cheng Kung University, Dept. Resources Engineering, Tainan, Taiwan
 
S13A-4437
On the Computation of H/V and its Application to Microzonation and Seismic Design (27006)
Mathieu Perton1, José Antonio Martínez2, Javier Francisco Lermo3 and Francisco J Sanchez-Sesma3, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería, Morelia, Mexico, (2)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería, Cdmx, Mexico
 
S13A-4438
Testing the Performance of a Proposed Geotechnical Based Method in Detection of Liquefiable Soil Layers Subjected to Earthquake Excitations - a Case Study (7864)
Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Hossein Shahri, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
 
S13A-4439
Seismic Microzoning of Cap-Haïtien: Effects of Lithological Site and Liquefaction (16121)
Ronaldine Gilles1, Betegard Jeudy1, Claude Prepetit1,2, Didier Bertil3, Agathe Roulle4 and Gildas Noury4, (1)Laboratoire National du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (LNBTP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, (2)Bureau des Mines et de l’Energie (BME), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, (3)BRGM - French geological survey, Orléans, France, (4)Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France
 
S13A-4440
Liquefaction and strong motion during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence (17210)
Michael Chamberlain1, Chi-Yuen Wang2, Douglas Scott Dreger1 and Simon Cox3, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
 
S13A-4441
Response of Volumetric Strain and Groundwater Level to Earthquakes (6351)
Bin Zhang1,2, Yaowei Liu1 and Chi-Yuen Wang2, (1)Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China, (2)Dept. of Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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