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Microtremor-based analysis of the dynamic response characteristics of a site containing grouped earth fissures

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In this study, the Beibu earth fissure site in the northeastern part of Weihe Basin, which contains four nearly parallel earth fissures, was studied. A long straight microtremor measuring line, containing 49 measuring points across four earth fissures, was established to investigate the dynamic response of this site using Fourier spectrum, response acceleration spectrum, Arias intensity, and HVSR analyses. The main results are as follows: (1) The fundamental frequencies of 44 measuring points obtained from HVSR analysis are concentrated within 1.67 Hz–2.25 Hz, and the existence of the earth fissures has little effect on the fundamental frequency changes. (2) There is an amplification effect near a single earth fissure. The dynamic responses are large at the measuring points near the earth fissure, and the values decrease with increasing distance from the earth fissure. In areas between two adjacent earth fissures, these values decrease and are even lower than those in sites without amplification effects. (3) In this earth fissure site, the general area (or less affected area) and affected areas were delineated based on the amplification effect. In engineering applications, construction design should avoid these affected areas and existing structures should be reinforced to satisfy the seismic fortification requirements.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41772275) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. CHD300102268203). All of the support provided is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Yahong Deng, You Xuan, Huandong Mu, Jiang Chang, Ge Cao, Nainan He, Xunchang Zhao & Longfei Sun

  2. Key Laboratory of Mine Geological Hazards Mechanism and Control, Xi’an, 710064, China

    Yahong Deng

  3. Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, 710048, China

    Huandong Mu

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Deng, Y., Xuan, Y., Mu, H. et al. Microtremor-based analysis of the dynamic response characteristics of a site containing grouped earth fissures. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 22, 689–702 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-023-2193-9

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