Improved parameterization to invert Rayleigh-wave data for shallow profiles containing stiff inclusions

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Calderón Macías, Carlos ^a,b   Luke, Barbara ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Rayleigh waves; Seismic waves; Soil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PHASE-VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; STIFF INCLUSIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 33846075684     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2374854     Document Type: Article

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