S-wave velocity structure of sediments in anchorage, Alaska, estimated with array measurements of microtremors

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1 B, 2007, Pages 234-255

  Dutta, U ^a,d   Satoh, T ^b   Kawase, H ^c   Sato, T ^b   Biswas, N ^d   Martirosyan, A ^d   Dravinski, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY MEASUREMENTS; ARRAY SIZES; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; FREQUENCY RANGES; INVERSION RESULTS; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSION; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROTREMOR DATA; MICROTREMORS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; THREE-COMPONENT; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WAVE NUMBERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); FREQUENCY BANDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 46149121994     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060001     Document Type: Article

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