Use of ambient noise: From spectral amplitude variability to H/V stability

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 925-942

  Guillier, Bertrand ^a,c   Chatelain, Jean Luc ^a   Bonnefoy Claudet, Sylvette ^a   Haghshenas, Ebrahim ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; H V spectral ratio; Site effect; Spectral amplitude

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT NOISE; H/V SPECTRAL RATIO; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 36749024070     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460701457249     Document Type: Article

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