A combined inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and 2-D resonance frequencies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1261-1275

  Roten, Daniel ^a   Fah D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Rh ne valley; Sedimentary basin; Seismic array; Seismic noise; Shear wave velocities; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; FILL; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESONANCE; S-WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847794967     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03260.x     Document Type: Article

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