Surface‐wave method for near‐surface characterization: A tutorial

LV Socco, C Strobbia - Near surface geophysics, 2004 - earthdoc.org
Surface‐wave methods (SWMs) are very powerful tools for the near‐surface characterization
of sites. They can be used to determine the shear‐wave velocity and the damping ratio …

Joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion observations

J Julia, CJ Ammon, RB Herrmann… - Geophysical Journal …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
We implement a method to invert jointly teleseismic P-wave receiver functions and surface
wave group and phase velocities for a mutually consistent estimate of earth structure …

[HTML][HTML] A review of near-surface QS estimation methods using active and passive sources

S Parolai, CG Lai, I Dreossi, OJ Ktenidou, A Yong - Journal of Seismology, 2022 - Springer
Seismic attenuation and the associated quality factor (Q) have long been studied in various
sub-disciplines of seismology, ranging from observational and engineering seismology to …

Anelastic Earth structure from the coherency of the ambient seismic field

GA Prieto, JF Lawrence… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cross correlation of the ambient seismic field is now routinely used to measure seismic
wave travel times; however, relatively little attention has been paid to other information that …

Geotechnical and geophysical description of EURO-SEISTEST, using field, laboratory tests and moderate strong motion recordings

K Pitilakis, D Raptakis, K Lontzetidis… - Journal of Earthquake …, 1999 - World Scientific
EURO-SEISTEST is a European test site established in the Mygdonian basin, near
Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece. Its aim is to allow detailed and well documented studies in …

Site effects at Euroseistest—I. Determination of the valley structure and confrontation of observations with 1D analysis

D Raptakis, FJ Chávez-Garcıa, K Makra… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2000 - Elsevier
This paper describes the process of construction of the 2D model of Volvi's geological
structure and results of empirical and theoretical approaches to the evaluation of site …

Lithospheric structure of the Arabian Shield from the joint inversion of receiver functions and surface-wave group velocities

J Julià, CJ Ammon, RB Herrmann - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
We estimate lithospheric velocity structure for the Arabian Shield by jointly modeling receiver
functions and fundamental-mode group velocities from events recorded by the 1995–1997 …

In situ measurement of damping ratio using surface waves

GJ Rix, CG Lai, AW Spang Jr - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2000 - ascelibrary.org
Measurements of surface wave attenuation provide a means to determine the in situ material
damping ratio profile of near-surface soils. Frequency-dependent surface wave attenuation …

Multimodal analysis of high frequency surface waves

CB Park, RD Miller, J Xia - 12th EEGS Symposium on the Application …, 1999 - earthdoc.org
Surface waves on a multi-channel record are converted directly into images of multimode
dispersion curves through a simple wavefield transformation method. Pre-existing …

Integrated geophysical approach in assessing karst presence and sinkhole susceptibility along flood-protection dykes of the Loire River, Orléans, France

K Samyn, F Mathieu, A Bitri, A Nachbaur, L Closset - Engineering geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Non-invasive geophysical methods are often used for detecting near-surface defects and
monitoring seepage in river dykes or dams. Between 2008 and 2009, a series of …