Use of intermediate to large vibrators as surface wave sources to evaluate Vs profiles for earthquake studies

19th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP 2006: Geophysical Applications for Environmental and Engineering Hazzards - Advances and Constraints

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1241-1258

  Stokoe II, Kenneth H ^a   Cox, Brady R ^a   Lin, Yin Cheng ^a   Jung, Min Jae ^a   Menq, Farn Yuh ^a   Bay, James A ^b   Rosenblad, Brent ^c   Wong, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CLOUDS; EARTHQUAKES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; VIBRATORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKE SHAKING; NON-INTRUSIVE; SEISMIC METHODS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SMALL-STRAIN STIFFNESS; SURFACE WAVE GENERATION; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 84866025999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.2923582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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