A theory for microtremor H/V spectral ratio: Application for a layered medium

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-225

  Sánchez Sesma, Francisco J ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   Iturrarán Viveros, Ursula ^a   Luzón, Francisco ^b   Campillo, Michel ^c   Margerin, Ludovic ^d   García Jerez, Antonio ^b   Suarez, Martha ^a   Santoyo, Miguel A ^e   Rodríguez Castellanos, Alejandro ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coda waves; Earthquake ground motions; Inverse theory; Site effects; Statistical seismology; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

CODA WAVES; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; INVERSE THEORY; SITE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL SEISMOLOGY; WAVE SCATTERING AND DIFFRACTION;

GREEN'S FUNCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

AUTOCORRELATION; BROADBAND DATA; CODA; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; INVERSE PROBLEM; MICROTREMOR; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 79959243777     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05064.x     Document Type: Article

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