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Rayleigh Waves

Rayleigh Waves is a type of surface wave characterized by elliptical particle motion confined near the boundary of an elastic medium, distinguishing it from other seismic or structural guided waves by its generation from the interaction of P-waves and S-waves at free surfaces.

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546

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Rayleigh Surface Waves

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Linear Models of Dissipation whose Q is almost Frequency Independent--II

Michèle Caputo · Geophysical Journal International · 1967 · 4.3K citations · Full text

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Multichannel analysis of surface waves

Choon B. Park, Richard D. Miller, Jianghai Xia · Geophysics · 1999 · 2.7K citations

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The dispersion of surface waves on multilayered media*

N. A. Haskell · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1953 · 2.1K citations

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Estimation of near-surface shear-wave velocity by inversion of Rayleigh waves

Jianghai Xia, Richard D. Miller, Choon B. Park · Geophysics · 1999 · 1.7K citations

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Emergence of broadband Rayleigh waves from correlations of the ambient seismic noise

Michel Campillo · Geophysical Research Letters · 2004 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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  1. JX
    Jianghai Xia

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    25 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. HK
    Hiroo Kanamori

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    23 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. MC
    Michel Campillo

    Université Joseph Fourier, France

    22 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. MH
    M. H. Ritzwoller

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    22 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. PC
    Pham Chi Vinh

    VNU University of Science, Vietnam

    25 publications · 797 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    55 h-index

    480 publications

    29.1K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    45 h-index

    170 publications

    14.7K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    34 h-index

    122 publications

    15.7K citations

  4. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    98 publications

    6.6K citations

  5. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    33 h-index

    110 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    33 h-index

    109 publications

    7.1K citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    31 h-index

    80 publications

    7.4K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    29 h-index

    83 publications

    18K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 179 publications · 16.1K citations

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  2. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 327 publications · 22.7K citations

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  3. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 276 publications · 19.4K citations

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  4. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 165 publications · 7K citations

    48

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    101 publications · 8K citations

    47

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