Comparison of three different methods in investigating shallow shear-wave velocity structures in Ilan, Taiwan

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Kuo, Chun Hsiang ^a   Cheng, Ding Shing ^b   Hsieh, Hung Hao ^c   Chang, Tao Ming ^c   Chiang, Hsien Jen ^a   Lin, Che Min ^a   Wen, Kuo Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microtremor array; PS logging; Stress wave propagation method (SWPM)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ELASTIC WAVES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARRAY MEASUREMENTS; CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAUX; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGS; HETEROGENEOUS; LOGGING METHODS; MICROTREMOR; MICROTREMOR ARRAY; MICROTREMORS; PS-LOGGING; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACES; STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION METHOD (SWPM); STRESS WAVE PROPAGATIONS; TIME CURVES; WAVE TRAVELS; WAVE VELOCITIES;

SHEAR WAVES;

ARRAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DIVERGENCE; GROUND MOTION; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); MICROTREMOR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE INVESTIGATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ILAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 54949089286     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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