Abstract: Surface wave testing is a powerful tool for noninvasive seismic site characterization. It includes a wide variety of active-source and passive-wavefield methods [e.g., spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW), ...

Abstract: The refraction microtremor (ReMi) method uses a linear array of receivers to record passive noise stress waves, thereby negating the need for a strong active source such as those typically employed in other linear-array ...

Abstract: A significant amount of seismic site response research over the past decade has focused on our abilities to replicate recorded ground motions at borehole array sites, where both the input (rock) and output (surface) ground ...

Abstract: Site-specific subsurface conditions are known to significantly influence the frequency content and amplitude of seismic ground shaking. When attempting to model these effects, known as seismic site effects, most studies ...

Abstract: Relationships between seismic site classification and surficial geology for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, for both frozen (winter) and unfrozen (summer) surface conditions are investigated in this article. The work is ...

Abstract: A site’s fundamental resonance frequency (f0), or its reciprocal, the fundamental period (T0), is a critical parameter in seismic studies due to its proven ability to aid in predicting local site effects (i.e., freq ...

Abstract: The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence included a number of events that triggered recurrent soil liquefaction at many locations in Christchurch, New Zealand. However, the most severe liquefaction was induced by the ...