Shear wave velocities of Mississippi embayment soils from low frequency surface wave measurements

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 691-701

  Rosenblad, Brent L ^a   Bailey, Jonathan ^b   Csontos, Ryan ^c   Van Arsdale, Roy ^d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic soil properties; New Madrid seismic zone; SASW; Shear wave velocity; Site response; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; DEEP SOILS; DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES; GROUND MOTIONS; INPUT PARAMETER; LOW FREQUENCY; MEMPHIS; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURIS; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; SAND FORMATIONS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SITE RESPONSE; SITE TO SITES; SURFACE WAVE ENERGY; SURFACE WAVE VELOCITY; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SHEAR FLOW;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOIL PROPERTY; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952552065     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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