Notes on fk analysis of surface waves

The dispersive nature of Rayleigh waves is the basis of many identification procedures to infer the site stiffness profile from surface measurements. This article presents some important aspects related to fk analysis of seismic gathers, which is one of the procedures commonly used to obtain the exp...

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Main Authors: L. V. Socco, L. Sambuelli, R. Lancellotta, S. Foti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2000-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3683
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author L. V. Socco
L. Sambuelli
R. Lancellotta
S. Foti
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description The dispersive nature of Rayleigh waves is the basis of many identification procedures to infer the site stiffness profile from surface measurements. This article presents some important aspects related to fk analysis of seismic gathers, which is one of the procedures commonly used to obtain the experimental dispersion curve, focusing on the great influence that the scale of the survey has in the global process. At a short distance from the source, the seismic signal contains information related to different modes of propagation in a composite form. As the wave travels away, the different modal group velocities produce a separation of such information. Hence only if the testing array is sufficiently long is it possible to assume mode separation and to invert the dispersion curve for modal velocities. Otherwise the effects of mode superposition need to be carefully accounted for. To clarify this concept, the results of some numerical simulations are reported, together with some experimental results.
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spelling doaj.art-a4c697529f324007b1c130be5d1733662022-12-22T01:15:32ZengIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)Annals of Geophysics1593-52132037-416X2000-06-0143610.4401/ag-3683Notes on fk analysis of surface wavesL. V. SoccoL. SambuelliR. LancellottaS. FotiThe dispersive nature of Rayleigh waves is the basis of many identification procedures to infer the site stiffness profile from surface measurements. This article presents some important aspects related to fk analysis of seismic gathers, which is one of the procedures commonly used to obtain the experimental dispersion curve, focusing on the great influence that the scale of the survey has in the global process. At a short distance from the source, the seismic signal contains information related to different modes of propagation in a composite form. As the wave travels away, the different modal group velocities produce a separation of such information. Hence only if the testing array is sufficiently long is it possible to assume mode separation and to invert the dispersion curve for modal velocities. Otherwise the effects of mode superposition need to be carefully accounted for. To clarify this concept, the results of some numerical simulations are reported, together with some experimental results.http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3683Rayleigh wavessoil stiffnessshear wave profilesshallow geophysicsshear modulus
spellingShingle L. V. Socco
L. Sambuelli
R. Lancellotta
S. Foti
Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
Annals of Geophysics
Rayleigh waves
soil stiffness
shear wave profiles
shallow geophysics
shear modulus
title Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
title_full Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
title_fullStr Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
title_full_unstemmed Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
title_short Notes on fk analysis of surface waves
title_sort notes on fk analysis of surface waves
topic Rayleigh waves
soil stiffness
shear wave profiles
shallow geophysics
shear modulus
url http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3683
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