In situ measurements of nonlinear and nonequilibrium dynamics in shallow, unconsolidated sediments

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1650-1670

  Lawrence, Zack ^a   Bodin, Paul ^b   Langston, Charles A ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; DRIVING FORCES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD-BASED APPROACH; FORCE AMPLITUDE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INPUT SIGNAL; NEAR-SURFACE; NOISE FIELDS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATE; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; RAYLEIGH-WAVE DISPERSION; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SLOW DYNAMICS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

LEAD DEPOSITS; METAL RECOVERY; PHASE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

TRUCKS;

ACCELEROMETER; AMPLITUDE; GROUND MOTION; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRONG MOTION; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 67651141265     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080177     Document Type: Article

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