Rayleigh wave dispersion curve inversion via genetic algorithms and Marginal Posterior Probability Density estimation

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-55

  Dal Moro, Giancarlo ^a   Pipan, Michele ^a   Gabrielli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion curve inversion; Genetic algorithms (GAs); Geophysical data inversion; Posterior probability density (PPD); Rayleigh waves; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; POISSON RATIO; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; SURFACE WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL-WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; VELOCITY-DENSITY RELATIONSHIP;

GEOPHYSICS;

DATA INVERSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POISSON RATIO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33751111421     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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