Modal analysis of 2-D sedimentary basin from frequency domain decomposition of ambient vibration array recordings

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 615-626

  Poggi, Valerio ^a   Ermert, Laura ^a   Burjanek, Jan ^a   Michel, Clotaire ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SPECTRAL DENSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; CROSS POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; LINEAR SEISMIC ARRAY; RESONANCE CHARACTERISTIC; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SITE EFFECTS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; GROUND MOTION; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SITE EFFECT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928596720     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu420     Document Type: Article

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