Rayleigh wave dispersion curves from seismological and engineering- geotechnical methods: A comparison at the Bornheim test site (Germany)

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-361

  Richwalski, Sandra M ^a,b   Picozzi, Matteo ^a,c   Parolai, Stefano ^a   Milkereit, Claus ^a   Baliva, Francesco ^c   Albarello, Dario ^c   Roy Chowdhury, Kabir ^d   Van Der Meer, Henk ^d   Zschau, Jochen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambient seismic noise; BFM; ESAC; FK; MASW; MLM; ReMi; Site effects

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOMETRY; GEOPHONE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 38849103756     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/4/4/001     Document Type: Article

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