Ambient noise cross-correlation observations of fundamental and higher-mode Rayleigh wave propagation governed by basement resonance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3556-3561

  Savage, Martha K ^a   Lin, Fan Chi ^b   Townend, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient noise; Canterbury; higher mode surface waves; New Zealand; resonance frequency; spectral ratios

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CANTERBURY; NEW ZEALAND; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SPECTRAL RATIOS;

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RAYLEIGH WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

AMBIENT NOISE; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC HAZARD; VELOCITY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84880236261     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50678     Document Type: Article

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