Numerical investigation of MASW applications in presence of surface topography

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-60

  Zeng, Chong ^a   Xia, Jianghai ^a,d   Miller, Richard D ^a   Tsoflias, Georgios P ^b   Wang, Zhejiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Finite difference; Levee; MASW; Rayleigh waves; Topography

Indexed keywords

BASIC ELEMENTS; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION CURVES; EARTH MODELS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODELING; IF THERE ARE; MASW; MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC RECORDS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SLOPE ANGLES; STATIC CORRECTION; THREE DIMENSIONS; WAVEFIELDS;

DISPERSION (WAVES); ERRORS; LEVEES; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEVEE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOGRAM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84863099918     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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