Combining active- and passive-source measurements to profile shear wave velocities for seismic microzonation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 130-142, 2005, Pages 977-990

  Liu, Y ^a   Luke, B ^a   Pullammanappallil, S ^b   Louie, J ^b   Bay, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Las Vegas; Microzonation; ReMi; SASW; Simulated annealing; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

LAS VEGAS; MICROZONATION; REMI; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES (SASW);

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSION (WAVES); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LINEARIZATION; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR WAVES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 17044390340     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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