Surveying Seismic Microzonation in

Urban
Areas
UsingRefractionMicrotremorreconnaissance:
Rapidsurveystakeadvantageofurbannoise

Moredetailsatwww.seismo.unr.edu/hazsurv

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Refraction Microtremor for Shallow Shear Velocity

ReMimeasuresRayleighdispersionwithlinear
refractionarrays(paperbyLouie,April2001BSSA).

100mdepthresolution
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InitialfundingfromSCEC,UNR,VUW,
OptimLLC

Refraction Microtremor for Shallow Shear Velocity

ReMihasclassifiedhardandsoftsitesaroundtheworldby
measuringV30,averageshearvelocityto30mdepth.

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Reno Transect

Localreconnaissancewasfirsttest.

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SupportedbyUNRandIRISPASSCAL

Reno Transect

Unexpectedresults:highV30inactivealluvium.

Ta

West

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East

Reno Transect
LackofV30
correlationtogeologic
orsoilmaps

OnlyTertiary
Andesite(Ta)showsa
characteristicV30
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The First Reno Hazard Map

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Shallow Shear-Velocity Transects

July2003SanGabrielValley&LosAngeles
B
C

Transect
mappedon
NEHRP
hazardclass
mapbyWills,
fromSCEC
Phase3
Report

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SupportedbyUSGS,NEHRPERPand
IRISPASSCAL

Los Angeles Transect

200shallowVsprofilesfromSanGabrielRiv.
SanGabrielMts.
areC,notB.

V30maycorrelatewith
hydraulicgradient.

AlamitosBay
isD,notE.
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Los Angeles Transect

NoV30correlationwithactivevs.olderalluvium;R2=0.2!

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Shallow Shear-Velocity Transects

LasVegasroutefromCheyenne
toTropicana
3kmdeep
basin

1kmdeep
basin

SupportedbyDOELLNLandIRIS
PASSCAL
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Las Vegas Transect

Somecorrelationtofaulting,soiltype?

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Las Vegas Transect

NocorrelationbetweenV30andgeologicmap.

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Las Vegas Transect

Correlationwithclaysoils,calicheinLasVegas?

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Las Vegas Transect

Shallowsection&V100hintatstratigraphy,faulting?

Caliche?
Fault?
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A Preliminary
Las Vegas
Hazard Map
TransectV30values
correlatedwithsoil
mapunitsacross4
quadranglesinLas
VegasValley

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Outreach
Exampleofpublicoutreach:

DiscoveriesandBreakthroughsInsideScience,news
shortsfundedbyAIP,AGU,etc.

K. Heineman, NewsProNet, Producers

KFSN-TV Fresno, CA
KGBT-TV Harlingen, TX
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CHAT-TV Medicine Hat, ALB

TechnologyTransfer:CommercialReMiisnowinuseby
geotechnicalconsultantsandagenciesworldwide.
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