Lithological and rheological constraints on fault rupture scenarios for ground motion hazard prediction
Conference
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OSTI ID:10163543
This paper tests an approach to predict the range of ground motion hazard at specific sites generated by earthquakes on specific faults. The approach is based upon structural, lithological and rheological descriptions of the fault zones, development of fault rupture scenarios, and computation of synthetic seismograms using empirical Green`s functions. Faults are placed within a regional geomechanical model. The approach is based upon three hypothesis: (1) An exact solution of the representation relation that utilizes empirical Green`s functions enables very accurate computation of ground motions generated by a given rupture; (2) a general description of the rupture is sufficient; and (3) the structural, lithological and Theological characteristics of a fault can be used to constrain, in advance, possible future rupture histories. Ground motion hazard here refers to three-component, full wave train descriptions of displacement, velocity, and acceleration over the frequency band 0.01 to 25 Hz. Corollaries to these hypotheses are that the range of possible fault rupture histories is narrow enough to functionally constrain the range of strong ground motion predictions, and that a discreet set of rupture histories is sufficient to span the infinite combinations possible from a given range of rupture parameters.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 10163543
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC--116437; CONF-9409167--1; ON: DE94014742
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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