Calculation of rayleigh-wave phase velocities due to models with a high-velocity surface layer

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Pan, Yudi ^a   Xia, Jianghai ^a   Gao, Lingli ^a   Shen, Chao ^a   Zeng, Chong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BGP International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

High velocity surface layer; Penetration depth; Phase velocities; Rayleigh wave

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION CURVES; ENERGY APPROACH; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE LAYERS; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; PENETRATION DEPTH (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SURFACE LAYER; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84880265264     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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