1-D and 2-D resonances in an Alpine valley identified from ambient noise measurements and 3-D modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 579-590

  Le Roux, Olivier ^a   Cornou, Cécile ^b   Jongmans, Denis ^b   Schwartz, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Geomorphology; Numerical solutions; Sedimentary basin processes; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; 3D MODELS; 3D STRUCTURES; ALPINE VALLEYS; AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; BASIN STRUCTURES; BEDROCK DEPTH; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CURVE SHAPE; FRENCH ALPS; H/V SPECTRAL RATIO; LATERAL VARIATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PEAK FREQUENCIES; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; PROPAGATION MODE; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE EFFECTS;

ELECTRON RESONANCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AMBIENT NOISE; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SITE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84867400504     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05635.x     Document Type: Article

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