Shear wave profiles from surface wave inversion: The impact of uncertainty on seismic site response analysis

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-174

  Boaga, J ^a   Vignoli, G ^a,b   Cassiani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

inversion; seismic site response; soil resonance period; surface waves

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79957929650     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/8/2/004     Document Type: Article

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