Influence of parameterization on inversion of surface wave dispersion curves and definition of an inversion strategy for sites with a strong VS contrast

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Renalier, F ^a   Jongmans, D ^a   Savvaidis, A ^b   Wathelet, M ^a   Endrun, B ^c   Cornou, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION CURVES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; INVERSION PROCEDURE; RAYLEIGH-WAVE DISPERSION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

BEDROCK; DATA INVERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84857240137     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3506556     Document Type: Article

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