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Earthquake Site Characterization Of Rock Sites In Eastern Canada And Stiff Ground Sites In Vancouver, British Columbia, Sameer Ladak
Earthquake Site Characterization Of Rock Sites In Eastern Canada And Stiff Ground Sites In Vancouver, British Columbia, Sameer Ladak
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Site characterization is a crucial component in assessing seismic hazard, typically involving in situ shear-wave velocity (VS) depth profiling, and measurement of site amplification including site period. These methods are ideal for soil sites and less reliable in more complex geologic settings including rock sites. A multi-method approach to earthquake site characterization is tested at 25 seismograph stations across Eastern Canada. It is typically assumed these stations are installed on hard rock. We seek to identify which site characterization methods are most suitable at rock sites as well as to confirm the hard rock assumption. Active-source refraction and …