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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; June 1996; v. 86; no. 3; p. 646-654
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Analysis of spectral ratios for estimating ground motion in deep basins

M. Dravinski, G. Ding and K.-L. Wen

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1453
Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 1-55 Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract

Use of Nakamura's spectral ratio (horizontal versus vertical components) is investigated theoretically for deep sedimentary basins by considering semi-circular and semi-spherical valleys. The ratio is evaluated from the steady-state surface response for different incident waves. Based on this ratio, both the resonant frequencies and ground motion amplification are determined. The results based on Nakamura's ratio are compared with those based on the sediment-to-bedrock spectral ratios (Kagami's ratio).

The results show that for both two- and three-dimensional models, Nakamura's technique predicts well the fundamental resonant frequency, but it could not determine higher resonant frequencies of the basins. The error in Nakamura's estimate of the fundamental resonant frequency increases for stations near the valley center. For alluvial valleys considered in this article, Nakamura's ratio failed to predict accurately surface ground-motion amplification.




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