A review of the microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) method

S Molnar, A Sirohey, J Assaf, PY Bard, S Castellaro… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The single-station microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) method was
initially proposed to retrieve the site amplification function and its resonance frequencies …

Application of microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) analysis for site characterization: State of the art

S Molnar, JF Cassidy, S Castellaro, C Cornou… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Nakamura (Q Rep Railway Tech Res Inst 30: 25–33, 1989) popularized the
application of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) analysis of microtremor …

A computer code for forward calculation and inversion of the H/V spectral ratio under the diffuse field assumption

A García-Jerez, J Piña-Flores… - Computers & …, 2016 - Elsevier
During a quarter of a century, the main characteristics of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral
ratio of ambient noise HVSRN have been extensively used for site effect assessment. In …

Urban seismic site characterization by fiber‐optic seismology

ZJ Spica, M Perton, ER Martin… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate ground motion prediction requires detailed site effect assessment, but in urban
areas where such assessments are most important, geotechnical surveys are difficult to …

Planned products of the Mars structure service for the InSight mission to Mars

MP Panning, P Lognonné, W Bruce Banerdt… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
The InSight lander will deliver geophysical instruments to Mars in 2018, including
seismometers installed directly on the surface (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure …

[HTML][HTML] Direct evaluation of S-wave amplification factors from microtremor H/V ratios: Double empirical corrections to “Nakamura” method

H Kawase, F Nagashima, K Nakano, Y Mori - Soil Dynamics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Horizontal-to-Vertical spectral ratios of microtremors (MHVR) have been
utilized as a convenient tool to extract a predominant frequency at a target site. The so …

Difference of horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios of observed earthquakes and microtremors and its application to S-wave velocity inversion based on the diffuse field …

H Kawase, Y Mori, F Nagashima - Earth, Planets and Space, 2018 - Springer
We have been discussing the validity of using the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios
(HVRs) as a substitute for S-wave amplifications after Nakamura first proposed the idea in …

Empirical H/V spectral ratios at the InSight landing site and implications for the martian subsurface structure

S Carrasco, B Knapmeyer-Endrun… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio inversion is a traditional technique for deriving
the local subsurface structure on Earth. We calculated the H/V from the ambient vibrations at …

A quantitative site-specific classification approach based on affinity propagation clustering

SSR Moustafa, MS Abdalzaher, F Khan… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Investigations made to evaluate the site-effect characteristics and to develop a reliable site
classification scheme have received paramount importance for the urban areas planning …

Geophysical surveys in the Kashmir valley (J&K Himalayas) part I: estimation of dynamic parameters for soils and investigation of the deep basin structure

F Zahoor, KS Rao, BA Mir, N Satyam - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2023 - Elsevier
A combined set of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and single-station
microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) testing was performed at over 190 …