Two-dimensional resonances in Alpine valleys identified from ambient vibration wavefields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 889-905

  Roten, Daniel ^a   Fah D ^a   Cornou, C ^a,b   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Rh ne valley; Sedimentary basin; Seismic array; Seismic noise; Spectral analysis; Synthetic waveforms

Indexed keywords

RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC NOISE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33745943633     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02935.x     Document Type: Article

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