Excitation of secondary Love and Rayleigh waves in a three-dimensional sedimentary basin evaluated by the direct boundary element method with normal modes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 260-278

  Hatayama, Ken ^a,c   Fujiwara, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FIRE AND DISASTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

BEM; Excitation; Love waves; Normal modes; Rayleigh waves; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0031842636     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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