The optimal use of horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios of earthquake motions for velocity inversions based on diffuse-field theory for plane waves

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2001-2014

  Kawase, Hiroshi ^a   Sánchez Sesma, Francisco J ^b   Matsushima, Shinichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; 1D STRUCTURES; A-PLANE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DIFFUSE FIELDS; DIFFUSE-FIELD THEORY; EARTHQUAKE MOTION; EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; FREE SURFACES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; H/V RATIO; H/V SPECTRAL RATIO; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; IMAGINARY PARTS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INCIDENT WAVES; MICROTREMORS; PLANE WAVE; SITE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL RATIOS; VELOCITY INVERSION; WAVE FORMS;

ELASTIC WAVES; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 80053186143     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100263     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Aki, K., and P. G. Richards (1980). Quantitative Seismology. Theory and Methods, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco.
2. Arai, H., and K. Tokimatsu (2004). S-wave velocity profiling by inversion of microtremor H/V spectrum, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 94, 53-63.
3. Bard, P.-Y. (1999). Microtremor measurement: A tool for site effect estimation?, Proc. of the 2nd International Symposium on the Effect of Surface. Geology on Seismic Motion, Yokohama, Japan, 1251-1279.
4. Bard, P.-Y. (2008). The H/V technique: Capabilities and limitations based on the results of the SESAME project. Foreword, Bull. Earthq. Eng. 6, 1-2. doi 10.1007/s10518-008-9059-4.
5. Burdick, L. J., and C. A. Langston (1977). Modeling crustal-structure through the use of converted phases in teleseismic body-waveforms, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 67, 677-691.
6. Burridge, R., F. Mainardi, and G. Servizi (1980). Soil amplification of plane seismic waves, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 22, 122-136.
7. Cadet, H. (2007). Utilisation combinée des méthodes basées sur le bruit de fond dans le cadre du microzonage sismique, PhD Thesis, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
8. Campillo, M., and A. Paul (2003). Long range correlations in the seismic coda, Science 299, 547-549. doi 10.1126/science.1078551.
9. Chávez-García, F. J., and F. Luzón (2005). On the correlation of seismic microtremors, J. Geophys. Res. 110, B11313, 12. doi 10.1029/2005JB003671.
10. Claerbout, J. F. (1968). Synthesis of a layered medium from its acoustic transmission response, Geophysics 33, 264-269. doi 10.1190/1.1439927.
11. Gouédard, P., L. Stehly, F. Brenguier, M. Campillo, Y. Colin de Verdiére, E. Larose, L. Margerin, P. Roux, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, N. M. Shapiro, and R. L. Weaver (2008). Cross-correlation of random fields: Mathematical approach and applications, Geophys. Prospect. 56, 375-393. doi 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00684.x.
12. Hennino, R., N. Trégourès, N. M. Shapiro, L. Margerin, M. Campillo, B. A. van Tiggelen, and R. L. Weaver (2001). Observation of equipartition of seismic waves, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3447-3450. doi 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3447.
13. Kawase, H. (2006). Site effects derived from spectral inversion method for K-NET, KiK-net, and JMA strong-motion network with special reference to soil nonlinearity in high PGA records, Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst. Tokyo Univ. 81, 309-315.
14. Kawase, H., and H. Matsuo (2004). Amplification characteristics of K-NET, KiK-NET, and JMA Shindokei network sites based on the spectral inversion technique, 13th World Conf on. Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, Paper No. 454.
15. Kinoshita, S. (1998). Kyoshin Net (K-Net), Seismol. Res. Lett. 69, 309-334.
16. Lachet, C., and P.-Y. Bard (1994). Numerical and theoretical investigations on the possibilities and limitations of the "Nakamura's" technique, J. Phys. Earth 42, 377-397.
17. Langston, C. A. (1977). Corvallis, Oregon, crustal and upper mantle structure from teleseismic P and S waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 67, 713-724.
18. Lermo, J., and F. J. Chávez-García (1993). Site effects evaluation using spectral ratios with only one station, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 83, 1574-1594.
19. Lermo, J., and F. J. Chávez-García (1994). Are microtremors useful in site response evaluation?, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.84, 1350-1364.
20. Margerin, L., M. Campillo, B. A. van Tiggelen, and R. Hennino (2009). Energy partition of seismic coda waves in layered media: Theory and application to Pinyon Flats Observatory, Geophys. J. Int. 177, 571-585.
21. Mucciarelli, M. (1998). Reliability and applicability of Nakamura's technique using microtremors: An experimental approach, J. Earthq. Eng. 2. 1-14, doi 10.1142/S1363246998000277.
22. Mucciarelli, M., and M. R. Gallipoli (2001). A critical review of 10 years of microtremor HVSR technique, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata 42, 255-266.
23. Nakahara, H. (2006a). A systematic study of theoretical relations between spatial correlation and Green's function in one-, two- and threedimensional random scalar wave fields, Geophys. J. Int. 167, 1097-1105. doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03170.x.
24. Nakahara, H. (2006b). Theoretical background of retrieving Green's function by cross- correlation: One-dimensional case, Geophys. J. Int. 165, 719-728. doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02916.x.
25. Nakamura, Y. (1989). A method for dynamic characteristics estimation of subsurface using microtremor on the ground surface, Quaterly Rep. Railway Tech. Res. Inst. 30, 25-33.
26. Perton, M., F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, A. Rodríguez-Castellanos, M. Campillo, and R. L. Weaver (2009). Two perspectives on equipartition in diffuse elastic fields in three dimensions, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 126, 1125-1130. doi 10.1121/1.3177262.
27. Phinney, R. A. (1964). Structure of the Earth's crust from spectral behavior of long-period body waves, J. Geophys. Res. 69, 2997-3017. doi 10.1029/JZ069i014p02997.
28. Pilz, M., S. Parolai, F. Leyton, J. Campos, and J. Zschau (2009). A comparison of site response techniques using earthquake data and ambient seismic noise analysis in the large urban areas of Santiago de Chile, Geophys. J. Int. 178, no. 2, 713-728. doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04195.x.
29. Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., and M. Campillo (2006). Retrieval of the Green's function from cross-correlation: The canonical elastic problem, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 96, 1182-1191. doi 10.1785/0120050181.
30. Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., J. A Pérez-Ruiz, F. Luzón, M. Campillo, and A. Rodríguez-Castellanos (2008). Diffuse fields in dynamic elasticity, Wave Motion 45, 641-654.
31. Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., M. Rodríguez, U. Iturrarán-Viveros, A. Rodríguez-Castellanos, M. Suarez, M. A. Santoyo, A. García-Jerez, and F. Luzón (2010). Site effects assessment using seismic noise, Proc. of the 9th International Workshop on Seismic Microzoning and Risk Reduction, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 21-24. February 2010.
32. Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., M. Rodríguez, U. Iturrarán-Viveros, F. Luzón, M. Campillo, L., Margerin, A., Garci ́a-Jerez, M., Suarez, M., A. Santoyo, and A. Rodríguez-Castellanos (2011). A theory for microtremor H/V spectral ratio: Application for a layered medium, Geophys. J. Int. 186, 221-225. doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05064.x.
33. Sánchez-Sesma, F. J., R. L. Weaver, H. Kawase, S. Matsushima, F. Luzón, and M. Campillo (2011). Energy partitions among elastic waves for dynamic surface loads in a semi-infinite solid, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, no. 4, 1704-1709. doi 10.1785/0120100196.
34. Sato, H. (2010). Retrieval of Green's function having coda waves from the cross-correlation function in a scattering medium illuminated by a randomly homogeneous distribution of noise sources on the basis of thefirst-order Born approximation, Geophys. J. Int. 180, 759-764. doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04432.x.
35. Sato, H., and M. Fehler (1998). Wave Propagation and Scattering in the Heterogeneous Earth, Springer-Verlag, New York.
36. Satoh, T., M. Fushimi, and Y. Tatsumi (2001). Inversion of strain-dependent nonlinear characteristics of soils using weak and strong motions observed by borehole sites in Japan, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 91, 365-380. doi 10.1785/0120000049.
37. Satoh, T., H. Kawase, and S. Matsushima (2001). Differences between site characteristics obtained from microtremors, s-waves, p-waves, and codas, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 91, 313-334. doi 10.1785/0119990149.
38. Scherbaum, F. (1987). Seismic imaging of the site response using microearthquake recordings. Part I. Method, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 77, 1905-1923.
39. Shapiro, N. M., M. Campillo, L. Stehly, and M. H. Ritzwoller (2005). Highresolution surface-wave tomography from ambient seismic noise, Science 307, no. 5715, 1615-1618. doi 10.1126/science.1108339.
40. Snieder, R., F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, and K. Wapenaar (2009). Field fluctuations,imaging with backscattered waves, a generalized energy theorem, and the optical theorem, SIAM J. Imag. Sci. 2, 763-776. doi 10.1137/08072913X.
41. Wapenaar, K. (2004). Retrieving the elastodynamic Green's function of an arbitrary inhomogeneous medium by cross correlation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, no. 2543014. doi 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.254301.
42. Weaver, R.L. (1982). On diffuse waves in solid media, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 71, 1608-1609.
43. Weaver, R. L., and O. I. Lobkis (2001). On the emergence of the Green's function in the correlations of a diffuse field, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 3011-3017. doi 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00156-7.
44. Yamamoto, M., and H. Sato (2010). Multiple scattering and mode conversion revealed by an active seismic experiment at Asama volcano, Japan, J. Geophys. Res. 115, B07304. 14, doi 10.1029/2009JB007109.
45. Yokoi, T., and S. Margaryan (2008). Consistency of the spatial autocorrelation method with seismic interferometry and its consequence, Geophys. Prospect. 56, 435-451. doi 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00709.x.