Shear-wave velocity structure of sediments from the inversion of explosion-induced Rayleigh waves: Comparison with cross-hole measurements

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1413-1421

  Malagnini, Luca ^a   Herrmann, Robert B ^b   Mercuri, Alessia ^a   Opice, Stefano ^a   Biella, Giancarlo ^c   De Franco, Roberto ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ENGINEERING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOFT SEDIMENT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ITALY, PO RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 0031463153     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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