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Inversion of Love Waves in Earthquake Ground Motion Records for Two-dimensional S-wave Velocity Model of Deep Sedimentary Layers
Kentaro Kasamatsu
Kajima Corporation (Former Tokyo Institute of Technology), 2-19-1 Tobitakyu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-5086
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We have proposed a new waveform inversion method to estimate a 2D S-wave velocity structure of deep sedimentary layers using broadband Love waves. As a preprocessing operation in our inversion scheme, we decompose earthquake observation records into velocity waveforms at periods of 1 s interval. Then, we verify an assumption of 2D propagations of Love waves with polarization features based on a principal component analysis to select the segments applied for the inversion. A linearized iterative inversion analysis for the selected Love wave segments filtered at period of every 1 s allows a detailed estimation of boundary shapes of interfaces over the seismic bedrock with an S-wave velocity of approximately 3 km/s. We demonstrate the technique’s effectiveness with applications to observed seismograms in the Kanto plain, Japan. Differences between the estimated and existing structural models are remarkable at basin edges. A regional variation of the near-surface S-wave velocities in our model is similar to a distribution of surface geological classifications. Since a subsurface structure at a basin edge strongly affects earthquake ground motions in a basin with generations of surface waves, our method can provide a detail model of a complex S-wave velocity structure at an edge part for a strong ground motion prediction.
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Waveform inversion, Long-period strong motion, Love wave, Two-dimensional assumption, Principal component analysis, S-wave velocity, Deep sedimentary layers, Basin edge, Kanto plain
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Inversion of Love Waves in Earthquake Ground Motion Records for Two-dimensional S-wave Velocity Model of Deep Sedimentary Layers
Kentaro Kasamatsu
Kajima Corporation (Former Tokyo Institute of Technology), 2-19-1 Tobitakyu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-5086
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CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
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Editorial decision: Minor Revision
On 24 Oct, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 22 Oct, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 13 Oct, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 25 Sep, 2020
Editor assigned
On 24 Sep, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 24 Sep, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 24 Sep, 2020
Editor invited
On 23 Sep, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 18 Sep, 2020
First submitted
On 16 Sep, 2020
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We have proposed a new waveform inversion method to estimate a 2D S-wave velocity structure of deep sedimentary layers using broadband Love waves. As a preprocessing operation in our inversion scheme, we decompose earthquake observation records into velocity waveforms at periods of 1 s interval. Then, we verify an assumption of 2D propagations of Love waves with polarization features based on a principal component analysis to select the segments applied for the inversion. A linearized iterative inversion analysis for the selected Love wave segments filtered at period of every 1 s allows a detailed estimation of boundary shapes of interfaces over the seismic bedrock with an S-wave velocity of approximately 3 km/s. We demonstrate the technique’s effectiveness with applications to observed seismograms in the Kanto plain, Japan. Differences between the estimated and existing structural models are remarkable at basin edges. A regional variation of the near-surface S-wave velocities in our model is similar to a distribution of surface geological classifications. Since a subsurface structure at a basin edge strongly affects earthquake ground motions in a basin with generations of surface waves, our method can provide a detail model of a complex S-wave velocity structure at an edge part for a strong ground motion prediction.
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