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Abstract

Summary

The joint inversion of surface-wave measurements and Rayleigh-wave ellipticity has gained popularity in recent years for near-surface soil characterization. The common approach is to use low-frequency, single-station ellipticity data in conjunction with high-frequency dispersion measurements obtained employing small aperture arrays. A complete understanding of the diagnostic potential of ellipticity in such conditions can be assessed only with a complete sensitivity analysis.

To this end, a new analytical method is presented for computing the sensitivity of Rayleigh-wave ellipticity with respect to the structural parameters of a layered elastic halfspace. This method employs a layer stacking procedure based on the subdeterminant formulation of the surface-wave forward problem and is numerically stable at high frequencies.

The sensitivity of the ellipticity curve is then evaluated quantitatively with specific focus on near-surface examples and compared to the dispersion patterns and sensitivity of modal phase velocity.

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2015-09-06
2024-04-28
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