Comparative study of refraction microtremor (ReMi) and active source methods for developing low-frequency surface wave dispersion curves

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 101-113

  Rosenblad, Brent L ^a   Li, Jianhua ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b MACTEC Engineering and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ENERGY; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRITICAL STEPS; DEEP SOILS; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSION DATA; HIGH QUALITY; LINEAR ARRAYS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY FIELDS; MICROTREMORS; MISSISSIPPI; NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS; POOR PERFORMANCE; SASW METHOD; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOURCE FREQUENCY; SPACE REQUIREMENTS; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION; SURFACE WAVE ENERGY; SURFACE WAVE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WAVE VELOCITY; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVEFIELDS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; REFRACTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATORS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROTREMOR; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE FIELD; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 70349665225     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG14.3.101     Document Type: Article

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