Surface Wave Methods for Near-Surface Site Characterization

Overview of surface wave methods Seismic waves Test methodology Historical perspective Challenges of surface wave methods Typical applications Advantages and limitations Linear wave propagation in verticallyinhomogeneous continua Basic notions of wave propagation Rayleigh waves in homogeneous elastic half-spaces Existence of Love waves Surface waves in vertically inhomogeneouselastic continua Surface waves in vertically inhomogeneous, inelastic continua Measurement of surface waves Seismic data acquisition The wave field as a signal in time and space Acquisition of digital seismic signals Acquisition of surface waves Equipment Dispersion analysis Phase and group velocity Steady-state method Spectral analysis of surface waves Multi-offset phase analysis Spatial autocorrelation Transform-based methods Group velocity analysis Errors and uncertainties in dispersion analyses Attenuation analysis Attenuation of surface waves Univariate regression of amplitude versus offset data Transfer function technique and complex wavenumbers Multichannel multimode complex wavenumber estimation Other simplified approaches Uncertainty in the attenuation measurement Inversion Conceptual issues Forward modeling Surface wave inversion by empirical methods Surface wave inversion by analytical methods Uncertainty Case histories Comparison among processing techniques with active-source methods Comparison among inversion strategies Examples for determining Vs and Ds profiles Dealing with higher modes Surface wave inversion of seismic reflection data Advanced surface wave methods Love waves Offshore and nearshore surface wave testing Joint inversion with other geophysical data Passive seismic interferometry Multicomponent surface wave analysis, polarization studies, and horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio References Index