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An Updated Vs30 Map for California with Geologic and Topographic Constraints (ver. 1.1, July 2022)
This data release provides a map of the time-averaged shear-wave velocity in the upper 30 m (Vs30) for California using the method described by Thompson and others (2014). There are two adjustments to the algorithm described by Thompson and others (2014), which is built on the geology-based Vs30 map by Wills and Clahan (2006). In this data release, we use the Wills and others (2015) updated geology-based Vs30 map. The second change is that we have adjusted the kriging procedure so that measured Vs30 values do not affect the predictions across distinctly different geologic units.
Author(s) |
Eric M Thompson |
Publication Date | 2018-01-24 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2017-12-18 |
Ending Date of Data | 2017-12-18 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JQ108S |
Citation | Thompson, E.M., 2018, An Updated Vs30 Map for California with Geologic and Topographic Constraints (ver. 1.1, July 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JQ108S. |
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Metadata Date | 2022-07-12 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | Loading https://doi.org/10.1007/S11069-022-05330-X Loading https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105388 |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2022-07-13T04:37:43.728Z