Joint inversion of phase velocity dispersion and H/V ratio curves from seismic noise recordings using a genetic algorithm, considering higher modes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Parolai, S ^a   Picozzi, M ^b   Richwalski, S M ^a,c   Milkereit, C ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; DATA PROCESSING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FORWARD MODELING; PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC NOISE; WAVE VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 16344384619     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021115     Document Type: Article

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