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Applications of engineering seismology in urban areas
Oz Yilmaz
Applications of engineering seismology in urban areas (in Urban geophysics, Rick Miller (prefacer))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (March 2013) 32 (3): 264-274
Applications of engineering seismology in urban areas (in Urban geophysics, Rick Miller (prefacer))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (March 2013) 32 (3): 264-274
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Asia
- Bosporus
- case studies
- earthquakes
- engineering properties
- geologic hazards
- geophysical methods
- geophysical profiles
- geophysical surveys
- landslides
- mass movements
- Middle East
- natural hazards
- seismic methods
- seismic profiles
- site exploration
- surveys
- tunnels
- Turkey
- urban environment
- vertical seismic profiles
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
I present two case studies which describe applications of engineering seismology in urban areas: High-resolution shallow offshore 3D seismic survey for the Bosphorus Subsea Road Tunnel Project, and seismic, geotechnical, and earthquake engineering site characterization for a residential project in Istanbul. In Case study 1, I conducted a 3D high-resolution shallow seismic survey in 2011 to confirm the geometry of the future Bosphorus Subsea Road Tunnel traverse. I processed the data to obtain 3D PSTM and PSDM volumes, and interpreted these image volumes and correlated the interpretation results with the offshore borehole data. With the recoverable signal band of 30-960 Hz, I attained a vertical resolution of less than 1 m.
ISSN: 1070-485X
EISSN: 1938-3789
Serial Title: Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
Serial Volume: 32
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Applications of engineering seismology in urban areas
Title: Urban geophysics
Affiliation: Anatolian Geophysical,
Istanbul,
Turkey
Pages: 264-274
Published: 201303
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
References: 9
Accession Number: 2013-032258
Categories: Engineering geologyApplied geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 3 tables, sects.
N41°00'00" - N41°04'60", E28°58'00" - E29°07'60"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 201320
