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Comprehensive procedure for earthquake site response analysis in an industrial region near Istanbul, Turkey

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The paper presents ground motion analysis and earthquake safety criteria for a petroleum storage tank on a slope in the Marmara Region of Turkey. A probabilistic assessment of the earthquake hazard for 50 and 2 % probability of exceedance in 50 years was conducted. Ground motions (using stochastic Green’s function procedure) and stability of the present sliding surfaces were analysed numerically. Permanent displacements associated with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake were computed using the Newmark’s sliding block approach.

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Cet article présente l’analyse des mouvements sismiques du sol et les critères correspondants de sécurité pour un réservoir de stockage de pétrole en situation de pente dans la région de Marmara, en Turquie. Des investigations tectoniques, géologiques, géophysiques et sismiques sont présentées ainsi qu’une évaluation probabiliste de l’aléa sismique pour des probabilités de dépassement de 50 et 2 % en 50 ans. Des analyses de stabilité relatives à des surfaces potentielles de glissement ont été réalisées. Des déplacements permanents pour différents scénarios sismiques ont été calculés par différentes méthodes, en particulier par la méthode de Newmark.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank OPET Petroleum company in Turkey for supporting the geophysical and seismic surveys. We would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik (Director of Bogazici Un. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Reseach Institute) for his guidance and ideas. We appreciate the Bogazici University Research Fund for support to Project No:03T101. We are grateful to Dr. Hakan Akman, Dr. Karin Sesetyan and Dr. Mine B. Demircioglu for their help during the seismic hazard analysis.

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  1. Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli, Turkey

    B. Siyahi & Y. Fahjan

  2. University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

    H. Arslan

  3. Anatolian Geophysical, Istanbul, Turkey

    O. Yilmaz & M. Eser

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Siyahi, B., Fahjan, Y., Arslan, H. et al. Comprehensive procedure for earthquake site response analysis in an industrial region near Istanbul, Turkey. Bull Eng Geol Environ 72, 311–325 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0478-3

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