A generic formulation for microtremor exploration methods using three-component records from a circular array

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 236-258

  Cho, Ikuo ^a,b   Tada, Taku ^c   Shinozaki, Yuzo ^c  

^a GEO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exploration seismology; Love waves; Microtremors; Rayleigh waves; Seismic array; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

LOVE WAVE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE;

EID: 33645052970     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02880.x     Document Type: Article

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