Performance of active and passive methods for measuring low-frequency surface wave dispersion curves

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1419-1428

  Rosenblad, Brent L ^a   Li, Jianhua ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b MACTEC Engineering and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical surveys; Measurement; Signal processing; Spectral analysis; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

AT-WAVELENGTH; DEEP SOILS; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GROUND VIBRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-DIAMETER; LINEAR RECEIVER; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURIS; NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS; PASSIVE MEASUREMENTS; PASSIVE METHODS; RECEIVER ARRAY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVEFIELDS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ARRAY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND MOTION; PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE DISPERSION;

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349535857     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000100     Document Type: Article

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