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 …

A computer code for forward calculation and inversion of the H/V spectral ratio under the diffuse field assumption

A García-Jerez, J Piña-Flores… - Computers & …, 2016 - Elsevier
During a quarter of a century, the main characteristics of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral
ratio of ambient noise HVSRN have been extensively used for site effect assessment. In …

Urban seismic site characterization by fiber‐optic seismology

ZJ Spica, M Perton, ER Martin… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate ground motion prediction requires detailed site effect assessment, but in urban
areas where such assessments are most important, geotechnical surveys are difficult to …

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 …

A statistical representation and frequency-domain window-rejection algorithm for single-station HVSR measurements

BR Cox, T Cheng, JP Vantassel… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) of ambient noise measurement is commonly
used to estimate a site's resonance frequency (). For sites with a strong impedance contrast …

Empirical H/V spectral ratios at the InSight landing site and implications for the martian subsurface structure

S Carrasco, B Knapmeyer-Endrun… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio inversion is a traditional technique for deriving
the local subsurface structure on Earth. We calculated the H/V from the ambient vibrations at …

Can broad-band earthquake site responses be predicted by the ambient noise spectral ratio? Insight from observations at two sedimentary basins

V Perron, C Gélis, B Froment… - Geophysical Journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Site-effect assessments performed through earthquake-based approaches, such as the
standard spectral ratio (SSR), require good quality records of numerous earthquakes. In …

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 …

Shallow structure of the Tangshan fault zone unveiled by dense seismic array and horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio method

F Bao, Z Li, DA Yuen, J Zhao, J Ren, B Tian… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Tangshan fault zone has been considered to be a potential seismogenic fault from the
devastating 1976 M s 7.8 Tangshan earthquake. Based on the dense seismic array with …