Measurement of shallow shear wave velocities at a rock site using the ReMi technique

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 522-535

  Pancha, A ^a   Anderson, J G ^a   Louie, J N ^a   Pullammanappallil, S K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Optim Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion curve; Refraction microtremor; Velocity depth profile

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISPERSION CURVE; GEOPHONE ARRAY; GROUND MOTION; REFRACTION MICROTREMOR TECHNIQUE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOPHONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROTREMOR; ROCK MECHANICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SITE EFFECT; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 42249088592     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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