SEGJ Technical Conference


Discussion on estimation of phase velocities of Love wave in horizontal microtremors by FK method and SPAC method.


Abstract
In order to detect not only Rayleigh wave but also Love wave from horizontal microtremors, we applied the frquency-wavenumber spectral method by Saito(2007) to horizontal microtremor array records observed at the ground of Iwate University. As a result, phase velocities of Love wave were obtained from the transverse f-k analysis, and those of Rayleigh wave were obtained from radial f-k analysis. Observed phase velocities were in good agreement with theoretical ones calculated from bore-hole data. This result shows that the horizontal frequency-wavenumber spectral method by Saito(2007) is effective for detcting Love and Rayleigh waves from real observed horizontal records.