Multichannel analysis of surface waves for bedrock depth estimation over granites, Hyderabad, India

Narasimman Sundararajan; Ali Al Lazki; Seshunarayana

doi:10.1071/ASEG2009ab132

ISSN: 2202-0586
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oa Multichannel analysis of surface waves for bedrock depth estimation over granites, Hyderabad, India
Authors Narasimman Sundararajan^a, Ali Al Lazki^a and Seshunarayana^b
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^a , Department of Earth Science, Sultan Qaboos University, , Post Box 36, Postal code 123, Al Khod, , Muscat, , [email protected], , lazki@,squ.edu.om ^b National Geophysical Research Institute, , Uppal Road, Hyderabad, – 500 007, , India, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2009, Issue ASEG2009 - 20th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2009, p. 1 - 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2009ab132
- Published online: 01 Dec 2009

Abstract

The dispersive characteristics of Rayleigh type surface waves were utilized to estimate shear wave velocity (Vs) profile followed by imaging the shallow subsurface granitic layers near Hyderabad India. The reliability of Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) depends on the accurate determination of phase velocities for horizontally traveling fundamental mode Rayleigh waves. Multichannel recording leads to effective identification and isolation of various factors of noise. Calculating the 1-D shear wave velocity (Vs) field from surface waves ensures high degree of accuracy irrespective of cultural noise. The main advantage of mapping the bed rock surface with shear wave velocity (Vs) is the insensitivity of MASW to velocity inversion besides being free from many constraints such as contrast in physical properties etc. Modeling of surface waves data results a shear wave velocity (Vs) of 250-750 m/sec covering the top soil to weathering and up to bedrock corresponding to a depth range of 10-30 m. A pair of selected set of results over granites are presented here as a case study highlighting the salient features of MASW.

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Keyword(s): depth and density; dispersion; granites; Surface waves; velocity

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