Research Article| June 19, 2018 Local Generation of Love Surface Waves at the Edge of a 2D Alluvial Valley Juan Camilo Molina‐Villegas; Juan Camilo Molina‐Villegas aFacultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 Number 30‐65, Medellín, Colombia 050026, jcmolina@udem.edu.codAlso at Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Medellín, Colombia 050041. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Juan Diego Jaramillo‐Fernández; Juan Diego Jaramillo‐Fernández bDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Eafit, Carrera 49 Number 7 sur – 50, Medellín, Colombia 050022 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar José Piña‐Flores; José Piña‐Flores cInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, CDMX, Mexico Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Francisco José Sánchez‐Sesma Francisco José Sánchez‐Sesma cInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, CDMX, Mexico Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Juan Camilo Molina‐Villegas aFacultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 Number 30‐65, Medellín, Colombia 050026, jcmolina@udem.edu.codAlso at Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Medellín, Colombia 050041. Juan Diego Jaramillo‐Fernández bDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Eafit, Carrera 49 Number 7 sur – 50, Medellín, Colombia 050022 José Piña‐Flores cInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, CDMX, Mexico Francisco José Sánchez‐Sesma cInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, CDMX, Mexico Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 19 Jun 2018 Online Issn: 1943-3573 Print Issn: 0037-1106 © Seismological Society of America Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2018) 108 (4): 2090–2103. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170360 Article history First Online: 19 Jun 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Juan Camilo Molina‐Villegas, Juan Diego Jaramillo‐Fernández, José Piña‐Flores, Francisco José Sánchez‐Sesma; Local Generation of Love Surface Waves at the Edge of a 2D Alluvial Valley. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2018;; 108 (4): 2090–2103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170360 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyBulletin of the Seismological Society of America Search Advanced Search Abstract This work deals with the local generation of Love surface waves at the edge of an alluvial valley that is formed by a soft layer with dipping interface. These waves are extracted from the system response due to the incidence of antiplane SH plane waves. The indirect boundary‐element method (IBEM) is used for computations. Results are given as modal emission spectra of Love waves, as functions of frequency, for the fundamental mode and the first two harmonics for various combinations of incidence angles, interface geometries, and impedance ratios. The structure of these emission spectra is inspired by the analytical solution of the canonical antiplane problem of a semi‐infinite layer with a moving base and wall, which allows indication of the 1D response and the locally generated surface waves. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.