Inversion of seismic surface wave data to resolve complex profiles

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Calderón Macías, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Seismic effects; Simulation; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR WAVES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY;

LOCAL VELOCITY ANOMALIES; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SEISMIC SURFACE WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 33846507087     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:2(155)     Document Type: Article

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