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 …

[PDF][PDF] A review and some new issues on the theory of the H/V technique for ambient vibrations

E Lunedei, P Malischewsky - Perspectives on European …, 2015 - library.oapen.org
In spite of the Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR or H/V) technique obtained by the
ambient vibrations is a very popular tool, a full theoretical explanation of it has been not …

Applicability of the Site Fundamental Frequency as a VS30 Proxy for Central and Eastern North America

B Hassani, GM Atkinson - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We introduce a new proxy measure for VS 30 (time‐averaged shear‐wave velocity in the
upper 30 m) for central and eastern North America (CENA). The new proxy is the site …

The inversion of spectral ratio H/V in a layered system using the diffuse field assumption (DFA)

J Piña-Flores, M Perton, A García-Jerez… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In order to evaluate the site effects on seismic ground motion and establish preventive
measures to mitigate these effects, the dynamic characterization of sites is mandatory …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] HVSR 方法用于地震作用下场地效应分析的适用性研究

荣棉水, 李小军, 王振明, 吕悦军 - 地球物理学报, 2016 - data.geophy.cn
以美国Garner Valley Downhole Array (GVDA) 竖向观测台阵的强震观测记录为基础,
利用水平与竖向谱比(Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio, HVSR) 方法与传统谱比方法研究了 …

Predicted results of the velocity structure at the target site of the blind prediction exercise from microtremors and surface wave method as Step-1, Report for the …

K Chimoto, H Yamanaka, S Tsuno… - Earth, Planets and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract 1D velocity profiles at a strong motion station in the northern part of the Kumamoto
plain, Japan, were submitted in Step-1 of the blind prediction exercise of strong ground …

Seismic exploration‐scale velocities and structure from ambient seismic noise (> 1 Hz)

D Draganov, X Campman, J Thorbecke… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The successful surface waves retrieval in solid‐Earth seismology using long‐time
correlations and subsequent tomographic images of the crust have sparked interest in …

An open-source site database of strong-motion stations in Japan: K-NET and KiK-net (v1. 0.0)

C Zhu, G Weatherill, F Cotton, M Pilz… - Earthquake …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article describes an open-source site database for a total number of 1742 earthquake
recording sites in the K-NET (Kyoshin network) and KiK-net (Kiban Kyoshin network) …

Application of horizontal‐to‐vertical spectral ratios of earthquake ground motions to identify subsurface structures at and around the K‐NET site in Tohoku, Japan

F Nagashima, S Matsushima… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We propose an optimal way to use horizontal‐to‐vertical spectral ratios (HVR s) for
subsurface structure exploration, based on the diffuse field concept (;). This approach is …