Wong, H. L. and Trifunac, M. D. and Westermo, B. (1977) Effects of surface and subsurface irregularities on the amplitudes of monochromatic waves. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 67 (2). pp. 353-368. ISSN 0037-1106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140812-144847886
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Abstract
Measurements of surface ground motion generated by forced vibration of a nine-story reinforced concrete building at a distance of 2 to 5.5 km are described. Three components of the displacement field were measured at 13 points along a line traversing an elongated canyon underlain by a shallow and dipping alluvial layer. The variations of measured displacement amplitudes have been modeled by (a) a two dimensional surface topographic feature corresponding to the average cross section of the canyon and (b) by a two-dimensional model of an alluvium valley excited by a line source. Comparison of the observed and computed amplitude variations with distance suggests that for the geometry corresponding to this experiment the effect of the dipping layer of alluvium seems to play a considerably more important role than the canyon.
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| Additional Information: | Copyright © 1977, by the Seismological Society of America. Manuscript received April 28, 1976. We thank J. G. Anderson, M. Dravinski, and J. E. Luco for critical reading of the manuscript and for several useful suggestions. The assistance given by R. Axelrad and A. Egwuatu on the experimental measurements is also appreciated. This research was supported by a contract from the United States Geological Survey, by a grant from the National Science Foundation, and by a contract from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | ||||||||
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