Determination of S-wave velocity structure using microtremors and spac method applied in Thessaloniki (Greece)

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-67

  Apostolidis, Paschalis ^a   Raptakis, Dimitrios ^a   Roumelioti, Zafeiria ^a   Pitilakis, Kyriazis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

2D cross sections; 3D mapping; Bessel functions; S wave inversion; Shear wave velocity; Site characterization; Spatial autocorrelation method; Stationary random functions

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARRAY MEASUREMENTS; SITE EFFECT ANALYSIS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 0346154958     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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