Using surface waves for estimating shear wave velocities in the shallow subsurface onshore and offshore Israel

European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-35

  Shtivelman, Vladimir ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Rayleigh waves; Scholte waves; Shear wave velocity; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE INVESTIGATION; SURFACE WAVE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033502405     PISSN: 13598155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201406496     Document Type: Article

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