Investigation of 3-D basin structures in the İzmit Bay area (Turkey) by single-station microtremor and gravimetric methods

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 883-894

  Özalaybey, Serdar ^a   Zor, Ekrem ^a   Ergintav, Semih ^a   Tapirdamaz, M Cengiz ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Site effects

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEPTH; BASIN STRUCTURES; BAY AREAS; BEDROCK DEPTH; EARTH STRUCTURES; EARTHQUAKE RECORDING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; HIGHER MODE; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; MICROTREMOR DATA; MICROTREMORS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SITE EFFECTS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPECTRAL RATIOS; SURFACE TRACES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN; BEDROCK; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MICROTREMOR; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; RESONANCE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRONG MOTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

IZMIT BAY; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 79960356589     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05085.x     Document Type: Article

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