Horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios from a full-wavefield model of ambient vibrations generated by a distribution of spatially correlated surface sources

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1142-1155

  Lunedei, Enrico ^a   Albarello, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical solutions; Site effects; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SOILS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; GROUND DISPLACEMENT; HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STOCHASTIC FIELD; WAVEFIELD MODELING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84940553170     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv046     Document Type: Article

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