Finite-difference modeling and dispersion analysis of high-frequency love waves for near-surface applications

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1525-1536

  Luo, Yinhe ^a   Xia, Jianghai ^b   Xu, Yixian ^a   Zeng, Chong ^b   Liu, Jiangping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion analysis; Finite difference modeling; Love waves; Near surface application

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; EARTH MODELS; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODELING; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GRID MODELING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH MODES; HIGH VELOCITY; HIGHER MODE; INVERSION PROCEDURE; LAYER MODEL; LAYER THICKNESS; LOVE WAVE; LOVE WAVES; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; LOW-VELOCITY LAYERS; MULTILAYERED EARTH MODELS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE APPLICATION; POISSON'S RATIO; S-WAVE VELOCITY; TWO LAYER MODEL; WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

DATA INVERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LOVE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 79953312307     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0144-7     Document Type: Article

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