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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2012.15.2.092

Modeling of Earthquake Ground Motion in a Small-Scale Basin  

Kang, Tae-Seob (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.15, no.2, 2012 , pp. 92-101 More about this Journal
Abstract
Three-dimensional finite-difference simulation in a small-scale half-sphere basin with planar free-surface is performed for an arbitrary shear-dislocation point source. A new scheme to deal with free-surface boundary condition is presented. Then basin parameters are examined to understand main characteristics on ground-motion response in the basin. To analyze the frequency content of ground motion in the basin, spectral amplitudes are compared with each other for four sites inside and outside the basin. Also particle motions for those sites are examined to find which kind of wave plays a dominant role in ground-motion response. The results show that seismic energy is concentrated on a marginal area of the basin far from the source. This focusing effect is mainly due to constructive interference of the direct Swave with basin-edge induced surface waves. Also, ground-motion amplification over the deepest part of the basin is relatively lower than that above shallow basin edge. In the small-scale basin with relatively simple bedrock interface, therefore, the ground-motion amplification may be more related to the source azimuth or direction of the incident waves into the basin rather than depth of it.
Keywords
small-scale basin; earthquake ground motion; free-surface boundary condition; finite-difference method;
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