Mode misidentification in Rayleigh waves: Ellipticity as a cause and a cure

Geophysics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Boaga, Jacopo ^a   Cassiani, Giorgio ^a   Strobbia, Claudio L ^b   Vignoli, Giulio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPERSION (WAVES); SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SOILS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CASE MODE; CONDITION; COST EFFECTIVE; DISPERSION CURVES; EFFECTIVE TESTING; GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGHER MODE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; TESTING PROCEDURE; WAVE METHOD; NEAR SURFACES;

RAYLEIGH WAVES;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INVERSION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE DISPERSION; GROUND MOTION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MICROTREMOR; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84883177949     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2012-0194.1     Document Type: Article

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