Interferometric multichannel analysis of surface waves (IMASW)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2122-2141

  O'Connell, Daniel R H ^a   Turner, James P ^a  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SEISMIC; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DOWNHOLES; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; GROUND MOTIONS; LOG MEASUREMENT; MICROTREMORS; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MULTI STATE; MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; RAYLEIGH-WAVE DISPERSION; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; TIME DOMAIN; VIRTUAL SOURCES; WAVEFIELDS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WELL LOGGING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROTREMOR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOGRAM; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FERNANDO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053212844     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100230     Document Type: Article

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