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 …

Geopsy: A user‐friendly open‐source tool set for ambient vibration processing

M Wathelet, JL Chatelain, C Cornou… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ambient vibrations are nowadays considerably used worldwide for numerous types of
engineering applications and scientific research. Geopsy and its companion tools are part of …

High-resolution characterization of near-surface structures by surface-wave inversions: from dispersion curve to full waveform

Y Pan, L Gao, T Bohlen - Surveys in Geophysics, 2019 - Springer
Surface waves are widely used in near-surface geophysics and provide a noninvasive way
to determine near-surface structures. By extracting and inverting dispersion curves to obtain …

Guidelines for the good practice of surface wave analysis: a product of the InterPACIFIC project

S Foti, F Hollender, F Garofalo, D Albarello… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2018 - Springer
Surface wave methods gained in the past decades a primary role in many seismic projects.
Specifically, they are often used to retrieve a 1D shear wave velocity model or to estimate …

InterPACIFIC project: Comparison of invasive and non-invasive methods for seismic site characterization. Part II: Inter-comparison between surface-wave and …

F Garofalo, S Foti, F Hollender, PY Bard… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The InterPACIFIC project was aimed at assessing the reliability, resolution, and variability of
geophysical methods in estimating the shear-wave velocity profile for seismic ground …

Layering ratios: a systematic approach to the inversion of surface wave data in the absence of a priori information

BR Cox, DP Teague - Geophysical Journal International, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Surface wave methods provide a cost effective means of develo** shear wave velocity
(Vs) profiles for applications such as dynamic site characterization and seismic site …

Tool for analysis of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) field data and evaluation of shear wave velocity profiles of soils

EA Olafsdottir, S Erlingsson… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) is a fast, low-cost, and environmentally
friendly technique to estimate shear wave velocity profiles of soil sites. This paper introduces …

Measured vs. predicted site response at the Garner Valley Downhole Array considering shear wave velocity uncertainty from borehole and surface wave methods

DP Teague, BR Cox, EM Rathje - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper compares measured and predicted site response at the Garner Valley Downhole
Array (GVDA) using a wide range of shear wave velocity (Vs) profiles developed from both …

SWprocess: a workflow for develo** robust estimates of surface wave dispersion uncertainty

JP Vantassel, BR Cox - Journal of Seismology, 2022 - Springer
Non-invasive surface wave methods are increasingly being used as the primary technique
for estimating a site's small-strain shear wave velocity (Vs). Yet, in comparison to invasive …

Surface-wave dispersion approach for evaluating statistical models that account for shear-wave velocity uncertainty

SC Griffiths, BR Cox, EM Rathje… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A number of strategies exist to account for the epistemic uncertainty and aleatory variability
in shear-wave velocity (V s) profiles used in site response analyses. Epistemic uncertainty …