Estimation of shallow and deep soil shear wave velocity structures in Padang, Indonesia, using microtremor explorations

• Main Author: Han, Xiaohan.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54937
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The city of Padang is at great risk from a large earthquake, which could potentially occur along the Sumatran megathrust, 150km off the coast. As intensities and frequencies of ground motions depend very much on the near-surface site conditions, it is necessary to construct a 3D soil shear-wave velo...