Reply to comment by J. L. Mateos, O. Novaro, T. H. Seligman and J. Flores on ‘Can horizontalPwaves be trapped and resonate in a shallow sedimentary basin?'

Autor: Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma, Francisco Luzón
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Geophysical Journal International. 129:215-218
ISSN: 1365-246X
0956-540X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1997.tb00953.x
Popis: SUMMARY Using a complete mathematical formulation, we show that the trapping of horizontal P waves in a very soft shallow alluvial layer is a minor effect. These waves do not have a stable way of propagation since in order to exist they require an incident wave and are therefore incapable of resonating in the lateral direction when confined in a basin of limited extent.
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