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 …

The effect of velocity inversions on H/V

S Castellaro, F Mulargia - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2009 - Springer
We analyzed the phenomenology of microtremor H/V curves under inversions in the shear-
wave velocity (V s) profile in the subsoil. Under no V s inversion the spectral signature of the …

Site effect evaluation in the basin of Santiago de Chile using ambient noise measurements

S Bonnefoy-Claudet, S Baize, LF Bonilla… - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We performed extensive ambient vibration measurements in the basin of Santiago de Chile
(Chile), and we look for testing the reliability of the horizontal-to-vertical amplitude spectra …

Site effect assessment using KiK-net data: part 2—site amplification prediction equation based on f0 and Vsz

C Héloïse, PY Bard, AM Duval, E Bertrand - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2012 - Springer
This paper presents empirical correlations between amplification factors and simple site
parameters derived from a large subset of the KiK-net data. The amplification factor is …

Empirical estimate of fundamental frequencies and dam** for Italian buildings

MR Gallipoli, M Mucciarelli… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to estimate the fundamental translational frequencies and relative
dam** of a large number of existing buildings, performing ambient vibration …

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 …

Study on the applicability of the microtremor HVSR method to support seismic microzonation in the town of Idrija (W Slovenia)

A Gosar - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2017 - nhess.copernicus.org
The town of Idrija is located in an area with an increased seismic hazard in W Slovenia and
is partly built on alluvial sediments or artificial mining and smelting deposits which can …

Mode misidentification in Rayleigh waves: Ellipticity as a cause and a cure

J Boaga, G Cassiani, CL Strobbia, G Vignoli - Geophysics, 2013 - library.seg.org
The surface wave method is a popular tool for geotechnical characterization because it
supplies a cost-effective testing procedure capable of retrieving the shear wave velocity …

A comparison of site response techniques using earthquake data and ambient seismic noise analysis in the large urban areas of Santiago de Chile

M Pilz, S Parolai, F Leyton, J Campos… - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Situated in an active tectonic region, Santiago de Chile, the country's capital with more than
six million inhabitants, faces tremendous earthquake risk. Macroseismic data for the 1985 …