Comparative application of dispersion curve inversion strategies. Case study of noise arrays in the Euroseistest site, Greece

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-583

  Cadet, Héloïse ^a,b,c   Savvaidis, Alexandros ^a  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b Alpin Society of Geotechnical Engineering (ADRGT SAGE)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Akaike strategy; Constrained strategy; Euroseistest site; Inversion strategies; Noise array analysis; Shear wave velocity profile estimation; Site characterization; Time averaged shear wave velocity estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155182855     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2011043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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