Ground structure imaging by inversions of Rayleigh wave ellipticity: Sensitivity analysis and application to European strong-motion sites

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-229

  Hobiger, M ^a   Cornou, C ^a   Wathelet, M ^a   Di Giulio, G ^b,c   Knapmeyer Endrun, B ^d   Renalier, F ^a   Bard, P Y ^a   Savvaidis, A ^b   Hailemikael, S ^e   Le Bihan, N ^f   Ohrnberger, M ^d   Theodoulidis, N ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Inverse theory; Site effects; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; INVERSE THEORY; SITE EFFECTS; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION; SURFACE WAVES AND FREE OSCILLATIONS; TIME CONSUMING TECHNIQUES; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

DATA INVERSION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE EFFECT; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRONG MOTION; SURFACE WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875274958     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs005     Document Type: Article

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