Estimation of elastic moduli in a compressible Gibson half-space by inverting Rayleigh-wave phase velocity

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Xia, Jianghai ^a   Xu, Yixian ^b   Miller, Richard D ^a   Chen, Chao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion curve; Gibson half space; Inversion; Phase velocity; Rayleigh wave; Shear wave velocity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DAMPING; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC MODULI; LEVEES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GIBSON HALF-SPACE MODEL; LAYERED-EARTH MODEL; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT METHOD; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITIES; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITIES; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE VELOCITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 33744459959     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-7261-3     Document Type: Article

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