Numerical investigation of Rayleigh-wave propagation on topography surface

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-97

  Wang, Limin ^a   Luo, Yinhe ^a   Xu, Yixian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion analysis; Free surface condition; Rayleigh wave modeling; Topography

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSIVE CHARACTERISTIC; ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FREE SURFACE CONDITIONS; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; HALF-SPACE; MODELING RESULTS; NEAR-SURFACE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; STAIR-CASE; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS; UNDERGROUND LAYERS; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

DISPERSION (WAVES); RAYLEIGH WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; TOPOGRAPHY;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84865414979     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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