Subsoil classification and geotechnical zonation for Guadalajara City, México: Vs30, soil fundamental periods, 3D structure and profiles

dc.contributor.authorRamírez Gaytan, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorFlores Estrella, Hortencia
dc.contributor.authorPreciado, Adolfo
dc.contributor.authorBandy, William L.
dc.contributor.authorLazcano, Salvador
dc.contributor.authorAlcántara Nolasco, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorAguirre González, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorKorn, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T16:51:17Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T16:51:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-25
dc.date.updated2020-10-12T16:48:26Z
dc.description.abstractGuadalajara, Jalisco, is the second largest city in Mexico with around 4.5 million inhabitants. A high seismic hazard exists in the city due to forces produced by the interaction between the Rivera, Cocos and North American plates and the smaller Jalisco Block. Guadalajara is one of the largest cities built over pumice soil deposits. Furthermore, the near‐surface phreatic level causes a high susceptibility to liquefaction. All these features can cause extreme earthquake site effects. Due to the fragile inner structure of pumice sands, traditional geotechnical tests are inappropriate to characterize the seismic response. Therefore, we propose the use of surface wave analysis methods (multichannel analysis of surface waves and refraction microtremor), which we applied in 33 sites to define the soil classification in terms of VS30 (the average shear wave velocity between the surface and 30 m depth), the bedrock depth and the fundamental period. From the soil classification, we construct a microzonation map consisting of four geotechnical zones, which we superimpose on the known construction systems within the city. The comparison between the construction period of the buildings and the fundamental frequencies of the soil indicates a high vulnerability to resonance in 1‐ to 4‐storied old buildings constructed of adobe and unreinforced masonry within zones II and III, followed by a medium vulnerability to seismic resonance in compact buildings of 1–4 stories within zone I and 1–12 stories within zones II and IV.en
dc.description.sponsorshipTU Berlin, Open-Access-Mittel – 2020en
dc.identifier.eissn1873-0604
dc.identifier.issn1569-4445
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/11807
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10696
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subject.ddc550 Geowissenschaftende
dc.subject.otherNear‐surfaceen
dc.subject.otherSeismicen
dc.subject.otherGeotechnicalen
dc.titleSubsoil classification and geotechnical zonation for Guadalajara City, México: Vs30, soil fundamental periods, 3D structure and profilesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1002/nsg.12085en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue2en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleNear Surface Geophysicsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameWileyen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceOxford [u.a.]en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend188en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart175en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume18en
tub.accessrights.dnbfreeen
tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Angewandte Geowissenschaften::FG Angewandte Geophysikde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.groupFG Angewandte Geophysikde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Angewandte Geowissenschaftende
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen

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