Surface-wave inversion limitations from laser-doppler physical modeling

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-162

  Bodet, Ludovic ^a,c   Van Wijk, Kasper ^b   Bitri, Adnand ^c   Abraham, Odile ^a   Côte, Philippe ^a   Grandjean, Gilles ^c   Leparoux, Donatienne ^d  

^a Laboratoire Central des Fonts et Chaussées   (France)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELASTIC WAVES; ERRORS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

FUNDAMENTAL MODES; SHALLOW LAYERS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVE INVERSION;

SURFACE WAVES;

DATA INVERSION; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 21644449101     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG10.2.151     Document Type: Article

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