Study of the H/V spectral ratio method for determining average shear wave velocities in the Mississippi embayment

Engineering Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Rosenblad, Brent L ^a   Goetz, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

H V; Microtremor; Mississippi embayment; Shear wave velocity; Site response

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS; BODY WAVES; DEEP SOILS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; H/V SPECTRAL RATIO; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; MICROTREMORS; MISSISSIPPI; PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SITE RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

AMBIENT NOISE; ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROTREMOR; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649340854     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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