The influence of local irregularities on the propagation of love waves

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 53-65

  Yu, Tao ^a   Dresen, L ^b   Ruter H ^a  

^a Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Element Method; Coefficients of trnsmission, reflection and diffraction; Irregularity; Love wave; Mode conversion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CALCULATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES;

COEFFICIENTS OF TRANSMISSION; IRREGULARITY; LOVE WAVES; MODE CONVERSION; WASTE DEPOSITS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; LOVE WAVE; MODE CONVERSION; SEISMIC METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030429795     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(96)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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