After the 17
August 1999 earthquake, as the regional distribution of the damaged buildinas
at Gölcük-İzmit and surroundings are examined, it can be observed that some of
the buildings in some regions that have the same quality and type with other
buildings in other areas have more damage. This work attempts to point out that
the concerned situation is closely related with the alluvium and basement
topography over lined by the deposit layer as well as the rigidity of the soil.
After 17 August 1999 earthquake, considering the allocation of heavy damaged
buildings in the study area it can be seen that, they are close to the half
basins whose southern sides are open or buried valley walls. This direction is
in the way of the Earthquake waves. This situation clearlv demonstrates the
focusing effects of the earthquake waves. In order to show the focusing effect
of the earthquake waves, 785 gravity data in 4 km2 area are measured in the
settlement of İzmit municipality and. their modelling with inverse solution
techniques were done to obtain the shape of the basement topoaraphy which is
covered with alluvium. The location of the collapsed, heavy and intermediate
damaged buildings was plotted on the calculated basement map and accordingly
basin depth and damage distribution were observed as correlated. This relation
will be preliminary information for the locations where the damage would be
more concentrated in probable further earthquakes. The basement rock shows a
deepening attitude towards the southern part of the study area. Basement
topography is clearly formed by the buried sequential valley-hillside
structures and slope of buried basin is close to right angle over some places.
It is interesting that the damage density on the high stored buildings
increases on the alluvial areas that are over the buried valley shape basement
topography. The vertical or sub vertical hillsides of the basement topography
covered by alluvium can be considered as buried fault planes. The surface
topography that is seen as valley-hillside in the northern of the study area
shows continuity to the west with the alluvial cover in southern of the study
area needs to be taken into consideration of the oblique faulting.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Mühendislik |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Eylül 2004 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2004 Cilt: 128 Sayı: 128 |
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