The origin of SH-wave resonance frequencies in sedimentary layers

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1587-1596

  van Der Baan, Mirko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Fourier analysis; Guided waves; Site effects; Time series analysis; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMBIENT NOISE; BEDROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GROUND MOTION; LOVE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SH-WAVE; SITE EFFECT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; URBAN AREA; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 69149087243     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04245.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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