Effectiveness of multi-mode surface wave inversion in shallow engineering site investigations

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-33

  Feng, Shaokong ^a   Sugiyama, Takeshi ^a   Yamanaka, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Chuo Kaihatsu Corp   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Higher mode; Multi mode; Phase velocity inversion; Sensitivity; Surface wave; Vs structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009394768     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG05026     Document Type: Article

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