Attenuation and velocity structure for site response analyses via downhole seismogram inversion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-118

  Assimaki, Dominic ^a   Steidl, Jamison ^b   Liu, Peng Cheng ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Scattering attenuation; Seismogram inversion; Site response

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 33645747292     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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