Inference of Q-values below 1 Hz from borehole and surface data in the Osaka basin by three-component waveform fitting

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1267-1278

  Yamada, Koji ^a   Horike, Masanori ^a  

^a Hanshin Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

SURFACE EARTHQUAKE-MOTION RECORDINGS; THREE-COMPONENT WAVEFORM FITTING;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOREHOLE; EARTHQUAKE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SIMULATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

EID: 34548070776     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040199     Document Type: Article

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