High-resolution seismic characterization in an urban area: Subway tunnel construction in Barcelona, Spain

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Marti D ^a,b   Carbonell, R ^a   Flecha, I ^a   Palomeras, I ^a   Font Capó, Jordi ^c   Vázquez Suñé, Enrich ^c   Perez Estaun A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Seismology; Structural engineering; Tomography; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INFILL DRILLING; LEVEES; RAILROADS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SEWAGE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); VELOCITY; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

BUILDING FOUNDATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SIGNAL TO NOISE (S/N) RATIOS; TOMOGRAPHIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY;

TUNNELS;

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA ACQUISITION; DRILLING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; TUNNELING; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58149270904     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2832626     Document Type: Article

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