Pilot program to assess seismic hazards of the Granite City, Monks Mound, and Columbia Bottom quadrangles, St. Louis Metropolitan area, Missouri and Illinois

Author

Deniz Karadeniz

Abstract

"Three 1:24000 scale quadrangles were selected for a pilot program intended to evaluate seismic site response across the spectrum of geologic conditions underlying the St. Louis Metropolitan area, using the Granite City, Monks Mound and Columbia Bottom quadrangles. These evaluations included assessments of: i) site amplification distributions; ii) probabilistic hazard analysis of PGA, 0.2 second and 1.0 second spectral accelerations for 2%, 5% and 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years; iii) two scenario earthquakes and their associated PGA, 0.2 sec, and 1 sec spectral accelerations; and v) sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. These hazard maps were prepared using a fully-probabilistic approach, which considered uncertainties in the input data and in the predicted site amplification"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Rogers, J. David

Committee Member(s)

Cawlfield, Jeffrey D.
Puppala, Anand J.
Ge, Yu-Ning (Louis)
Anderson, Neil L. (Neil Lennart), 1954-

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Geological Engineering

Comments

Accompanying CD-ROM, available at Missouri S&T Library, contains site amplification and seismic hazard results for each grid point (1974 points) considered in the study. The results have prepared as .txt files. The CD-ROM also contains the maps generated from these estimated results. The maps are prepared as .png files.
System requirements for CD-ROM: Web browser capable of viewing graphic files.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 2007

Pagination

xix, 270 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269).

Geographic Coverage

Illinois
Granite City (Ill.)
Missouri
New Madrid Seismic Zone
Saint Louis Metropolitan Area

Rights

© 2007 Deniz Karadeniz, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Earthquake hazard analysis -- Illinois -- Granite CityEarthquake hazard analysis -- IllinoisEarthquake hazard analysis -- MissouriEarthquake hazard analysis -- Saint Louis Metropolitan AreaShear waves

Thesis Number

T 9219

Print OCLC #

243763731

Electronic OCLC #

191824321

Recommended Citation

Karadeniz, Deniz, "Pilot program to assess seismic hazards of the Granite City, Monks Mound, and Columbia Bottom quadrangles, St. Louis Metropolitan area, Missouri and Illinois" (2007). Doctoral Dissertations. 1990.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1990