On the resolution of H/V measurements to determine sediment thickness, a case study across a normal fault in the lower rhine embayment, Germany

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 909-926

  Hinzen, Klaus G ^a   Weber, Bernd ^a   Scherbaum, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

H V method; Lower rhine embayment; Sedimentary basin; Site response

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSION (WAVES); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; THICKNESS CONTROL; WAVE EFFECTS;

H/V METHOD; LOWER RHINE EMBAYMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE RESPONSE;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 10444249551     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S136324690400178X     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Ahorner, L. [1962] "Untersuchungen zur quartären Bruchtektonik in der Niederrheinischen Bucht," Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart 13, 24-105.
2. Ahorner, L. [1983] "Historical seismicity and present-day microearthquake activity of the Rhenish Massif, Central Europe," Fuchs, K. et al. (eds.), Plateau Uplift, pp. 198-221.
3. Ahorner, L. [2001] "Abschätzung der statistischen Wiederkehrperiode von starken Erdbeben im Gebiet von Köln auf Grund von geologisch-tektonischen Beobachtungen an aktiven Störungen," DGG-Mitteilungen 2/2001, 2-10.
4. Bard, P. Y. and Gariel, J. C. [1986] "The seismic response of two-dimensional sedimentary deposits with large vertical velocity gradients," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 76, 343-356.
5. Bard, P. Y. [1998] "Microtremor measurements: a tool for site effect estimation?," State-of-the-art paper, Second Int. Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion 3, 1251-1279.
6. Budny, M. [1984] "Seismische Bestimmung der Bodendynamischen Kennwerte von oberflächennahen Schichten in Erdbebengebieten der niederrheinischen Bucht und ihre ingenieurseismologische Anwendung," Sonderveröff. Geol. Inst. Uni, Köln 57, 208.
7. Camelbeeck, T., Vanneste, K., Verrbeeck, K., Meghraoui, M., Pelzing, R., Hinzen, K.-G., Dost, B. and Van Den Berg. M. [2000] "Long term seismic activity in the Lower Rhine Embayment," HAN2000 Workshop Proceedings, pp. 35-38.
8. Dahm, H. D., Deutloff, O., Herbst, G., Knapp, G. and Thome, K. N. [1975] "Deutscher Planungsatlas Band Nordrhein-Westfalen Geologische Struktur 1:500000," Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Hannover.
9. Ewald, M., Igel, H., Hinzen, K.-G. and Scherbaum, F. [2003] "3D finite-difference modeling of earthquakes in the cologne basin, Germany," Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5.
10. Fäh, D., Kind, F. and Giardini, D. [2000] "A theorectical investigation of average H/V ratios," Geophys. Journal Int. 145, 535-549.
11. Hinzen, K.-G. and Oemisch, M. [2001] "Location and magnitude from seismic intensity data of recent and historic earthquakes in the Northern Rhine area, Central Europe," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 91, 40-56.
12. Ibs von Seht, M. [1996] "Die seismische Bodenunruhe als Werkzeug zur Erkundung des geologischen Untergrundes," Aachener Geowissenschaftliche Beiträge.
13. Ibs von Seht, M. and Wohlenberg, J. [1999] "Micortremor measurements used to map thickness of soft soil sediments," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 89, 250-259.
14. Konno, K. and Ohmachi, T. [1998] "Ground motion characteristics estimated from spektral ratio between horizontal and vertikal components of micro tremor," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 228-241.
15. Kudo, K. [1995] "Practical estimates of site response," State-of-art Report. Proc. 5th Int. Conf., on Seismic Zonation, Nice, France, pp. 1878-1907.
16. Nakamura, Y. [1989] "A method for dynamic characteristic estimation of subsurface using microtremors on the ground surface," QR of RTRI 30, 25-33.
17. Parolai, S., Bormann, P., Milkert, C. [2001] "Assessment of the natural frequency of the sedimentary cover in the Cologne area (Germany) using noise measurements," Journal of Earthquake Engineering 5, 541-564.
18. s, thickness of sediments, and resonance frequency calculated by the H/V ratio of seismic noise for Cologne Area (Germany)," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 92, 2521-2527.
19. Reamer, S. K. and Hinzen, K.-G. [2004] "An earthquake catalog for the northern Rhine area, Central Europe, 1975-2002," Seis. Res. Lett. 75, 575-587.
20. Rial, J. A., Saltzman, N. G. and Ling, H. [1992] "Earthquake-induced resonance in sedimentary basins," American Scientist 80, 566-578.
21. Scherbaum, F., Hinzen, K.-G., Pelzing, R., Ohrnberger, M., Reamer, S. K., Sachse, A. and Streich, R. [2000] "Analysis of ambient vibrations in the Lower Rhine Embayment to study local site effects," Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl. 2000.
22. Scherbaum, F., Hinzen, K.-G. and Ohrnberger, M. [2003] "Determination of shallow shear wave velocity profiles in the cologne, germany area using ambient vibrations," Geophys. Journal Int. 152, 597-612.
23. Tokimatsu, K. [1997] "Geotechnical site characterization using surface waves," Earthquake Geotech. Eng. pp. 1333-1368.
24. Vidale, J. E. and Helmberger, D. V. [1988] "Elastic finite difference of the 1971 San Fernando earthquake," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 78, 122-141.
25. von Kamp, H. [1986] "Geologische Karte von NRW 1:100000, Blätter C5102/C5106," GLA-NRW.
26. Walter, R. [1992] "Geologie von Mitteleuropa," Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
27. Yamanaka, H., Takemura, M., Ishida, H. and Niwa, M. [1994] "Characteristics of long period microtremors and their applicability in the exploration of deep sedimentary layers," Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 84, 1831-1841.