Fundamental and higher two-dimensional resonance modes of an Alpine valley

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 795-811

  Ermert, Laura ^a   Poggi, Valerio ^a   Burjánek, Jan ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; MODAL ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CROSS-SPECTRAL DENSITIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; MODAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; SITE EFFECTS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; DATA PROCESSING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX; RESONANCE; SITE EFFECT; VALLEY; VIBRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALPS; RHONE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84903976232     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu072     Document Type: Article

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