Site characterization in the Van settlement (Eastern Turkey) using surface waves and HVSR microtremor methods

Akkaya İ., Özvan A.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, cilt.160, ss.157-170, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 160
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2018.11.009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.157-170
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: HVSR microtremor, Surface wave, Vs, Vs30, Dynamic soil behaviour, SINGLE-STATION MICROTREMOR, BAY AREA TURKEY, SOIL CLASSIFICATION, VELOCITY STRUCTURE, ANATOLIAN PLATEAU, PHASE-VELOCITY, SPECTRAL RATIO, BEDROCK DEPTH, LAKE VAN, REGION
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The settlements around Lake Van are generally located on young, unconsolidated, saturated, Quaternary aged, current lake and stream sediments. The region is under active tectonism, and many destructive earthquakes have occurred in the area both recently and in historical times. The site effect plays a very crucial role in the prediction of earthquake damage to existing structures and in the planning and design of new structures. The main purpose of this study is to determine the mechanical and physical properties of soils in and around the settlement area of Van and to determine their behaviour under a possible earthquake. Considering these situations, both borehole-based geological data and data obtained from geophysical methods were collected in the Van settlement area.