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  • Uhlmann, Gunther
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.711-722
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    • 2001
  • We survey recent results on the inverse kinematic problem arising in geophysics. The question is whether one can determine the sound speed (index of refraction) of a medium by measuring the travel times of the corresponding ray paths. We emphasize the anisotrpic case.

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Archaeological Interpretation of GPR Data Applied on Wolseong Fortress in Gyeongju (경주 월성 지하유구에 대한 GPR 탐사자료의 고고학적 해석)

  • Oh, Hyun-Dok;Shin, Jong-Woo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.256-261
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    • 2004
  • This study grafts geophysics on modem archaeology and approaches with scientific and systematic methods to an excavation plan or archaeological study by means of GPR exploration which can assist archaeologists to study Wolseong fortress without excavating it. We investigated the areas in front of Seokbinggo (ice storage facility built of stone) and in the eastern corner of the castle with GPR. As a result, we detected 7 large squared building foundations, stone walls, an entrance for the fortress, many other foundation stones, a road and a garden.

Practical coherency model suitable for near- and far-field earthquakes based on the effect of source-to-site distance on spatial variations in ground motions

  • Yu, Rui-Fang;Abduwaris, Abduwahit;Yu, Yan-Xiang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.73 no.6
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    • pp.651-666
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    • 2020
  • In this study, the spatial variation mechanisms of large far-field earthquakes at engineering scales are first investigated with data from the 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake. And a novel 'coherency cut-off frequency' is proposed to distinguish the spatial variations in ground motions in the low-frequency and high-frequency ranges. Then, a practical piecewise coherency model is developed to estimate and characterize the spatial variation in earthquake ground motions, including the effects of source-to-site distances, site conditions and neighboring topography on these variations. Four particular earthquake records from dense seismograph arrays are used to investigate values of the coherency cut-off frequency for different source-to-site distances. On the basis of this analysis, the model is established to simulate the spatial variations, whose parameters are suitable for both near- and far-field earthquake conditions. Simulations are conducted to validate the proposed model and method. The results show that compared to the existing models, the proposed model provides an effective method for simulating the spatial correlations of ground motions at local sites with known source-to-site distances.