Near-surface vs profing in the New Madrid seismic zone using surface-wave methods

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 380-392

  Rix, Glenn J ^a   Hebeler, Gregory L ^a   Orozco, M Catalina ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DISPERSION (WAVES); SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPOSITE DISPERSIONS; DISPERSION CURVES; INVERSION ALGORITHM; LINEAR AMPLIFICATION; NATURE OF SURFACE; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; WAVENUMBER METHOD;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 85012870298     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.73.3.380     Document Type: Article

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