Characterization of the sedimentary cover of the Zafarraya basin, southern Spain, by means of ambient noise

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 957-967

  García Jerez, Antonio ^a   Luzón, Francisco ^a   Navarro, Manuel ^a   Pérez Ruiz, J Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SURFACE WAVES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIO (HVSR); ZAFARRAYA BASIN;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AMBIENT NOISE; BEDROCK; MICROTREMOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZAFARRAYA BASIN;

EID: 33745444715     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050061     Document Type: Article

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