Extrapolation of irregular subsurface structures using the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio of long-period microtremors

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 570-582

  Uebayashi, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; GEOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; SEDIMENTS;

SPECTRAL RATIOS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BURIED STRUCTURE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MICROTREMOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; OSAKA BASIN;

EID: 0038417117     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020137     Document Type: Article

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