Joint analysis of Rayleigh- and Love-wave dispersion: Issues, criteria and improvements

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-589

  Dal Moro, Giancarlo ^a   Ferigo, Fabrizio ^b  

^a Eliosoft   (Italy)

^b Soluzioni di Calcolo SAS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Joint inversion; Rayleigh and Love wave dispersion; Seismic data acquisition; Seismic data inversion; Surface waves; Velocity spectrum

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL ASPECTS; COMPLEX ENERGY; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT MODES; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; INVERSION PROCEDURE; JOINT ANALYSIS; JOINT INVERSION; LOVE WAVE; NONUNIQUENESS; PARETO FRONT; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH AND LOVE-WAVE DISPERSION; SEISMIC DATAS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SYNTHETIC DATASETS; VELOCITY SPECTRUM;

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ION BEAMS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INVERSION; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 80054054489     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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