A new inversion procedure for spectral analysis of surface waves using a genetic algorithm

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1801-1808

  Pezeshk, Shahram ^a   Zarrabi, Morteza ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHEAR WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

RAYLEIGH DISPERSION EQUATION; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES; SOIL DYNAMICS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DATA INVERSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 28144446596     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040144     Document Type: Article

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