On the limitation of the H/V spectral ratio using seismic noise as an exploration tool: Application to the Grenoble valley (France), a small apex ratio basin

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-134

  Guéguen, Philippe ^a,b   Cornou, Cécile ^a,c   Garambois, Stéphane ^d   Banton, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Lab Central des Ponts et Chaussees   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

3 D basin; Ambient noise; Grenoble; H V; Seismic response

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BEDROCK; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847347585     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0151-x     Document Type: Article

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