Shallow shear-wave velocity profiles and site response characteristics from microtremor array measurements in Metro Manila, the Philippines
Rhommel Grutas 1 2 Hiroaki Yamanaka 1
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1 The Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
2 Corresponding author. Email: grutas.r.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
Exploration Geophysics 43(4) 255-266 https://doi.org/10.1071/EG12031
Submitted: 30 May 2012 Accepted: 8 June 2012 Published: 9 July 2012
Abstract
This paper presents the outcome of reconnaissance surveys in metropolitan Manila (Metro Manilla), the Philippines, with the aim of mapping shallow shear-wave velocity structures. Metro Manila is a seismically active and densely populated region that is in need of detailed investigation of the subsurface structures, to assess local site effects in seismic hazard estimation. We conducted microtremor array observations and used the spatial autocorrelation method to estimate the shear-wave profiles at 32 sites in major geological settings in Metro Manila. We applied a hybrid genetic simulated annealing algorithm to invert phase velocity data from the spatial autocorrelation method to generate shear-wave velocity models near the global best-fit solution. The comparison between the inferred shear-wave velocity profiles and PS logging showed good agreement in terms of the fundamental mode of Rayleigh waves and site responses. Then, we utilised the inferred shear-wave velocity profiles to compute the site amplifications with reference to the motion in engineering bedrock. Subsequently, the site amplifications have been grouped, based on NEHRP site classes. The amplification factor has also been compared with the average shear-wave velocity of the upper 30 m at each site, to produce a power-law regression equation that can be used as a starting basis for further site-effects evaluation in the metropolis.
Key words: AVs30, microtremor array observations, shear-wave velocity, site amplifications.
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