Developing a model for the prediction of ground motions due to earthquakes in the Groningen gas field ; Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie En Mijnbouw

Major efforts are being undertaken to quantify seismic hazard and risk due to production-induced earthquakes in the Groningen gas field as the basis for rational decision-making about mitigation measures. An essential element is a model to estimate surface ground motions expected at any location for each earthquake originating within the gas reservoir. Taking advantage of the excellent geological and geophysical characterisation of the field and a growing database of ground-motion recordings, models have been developed for predicting response spectral accelerations, peak ground velocity and gr... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Bommer, Julian J.
Dost, Bernard
Edwards, Benjamin
Kruiver, Pauline P.
Ntinalexis, Michail
Rodriguez-Marek, Adrian
Stafford, Peter J.
van Elk, Jan
Dokumenttyp: article - Refereed
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Schlagwörter: duration / ground motion / site response / spectral acceleration
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10919/93739

Major efforts are being undertaken to quantify seismic hazard and risk due to production-induced earthquakes in the Groningen gas field as the basis for rational decision-making about mitigation measures. An essential element is a model to estimate surface ground motions expected at any location for each earthquake originating within the gas reservoir. Taking advantage of the excellent geological and geophysical characterisation of the field and a growing database of ground-motion recordings, models have been developed for predicting response spectral accelerations, peak ground velocity and ground-motion durations for a wide range of magnitudes. The models reflect the unique source and travel path characteristics of the Groningen earthquakes, and account for the inevitable uncertainty in extrapolating from the small observed magnitudes to potential larger events. The predictions of ground-motion amplitudes include the effects of nonlinear site response of the relatively soft near-surface deposits throughout the field.