Some recent publications

• Luke, B., Murvosh, H., Taylor, W., and Wagoner, J.  2009.  Three-dimensional modeling of shallow shear-wave velocities for Las Vegas, Nevada using sediment type.  Journal of Earth Science, 20(3), pp 555-562. 

• Casto, D., Luke, B., Calderón-Macías, C., and Kaufmann, R.  2009.  Interpreting surface wave data for a site with shallow bedrock.   Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 14(3), pp 115-127.

• Jin, X., Luke, B., and Calderón-Macías, C.  2009.  Role of forward model in surface-wave studies to delineate a buried high-velocity layer, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 14(1), pp 1-14.

• Luke, B., Taylor, W., Calderón-Macías, C., Jin, X., Murvosh, H., and Wagoner, J., 2008.  Characterizing anomalous ground for engineering applications using surface-based seismic methods, The Leading Edge, 27(11), pp 544-1549.

• Luke, B. and Liu, Y.  2008.  Site response zones and short-period earthquake ground motion projections for the Las Vegas basin, Journal of Earth System Science, 117(S2), pp 757-772.

• Luke, B., Kreamer, D. K. and Tan, Y.-B.  2008.  Mechanical model of monofill-type landfill cover subjected to subsidence, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 1(2), pp 29-44.

• Luke, B. and Liu, Y.  2007.  Effect of sediment column on weak-motion site response for a deep basin fill, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 133(11), pp 1399-1413.

• Luke, B. and Calderón-Macías, C.  2007.  Inversion of seismic surface wave data to resolve complex profiles. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 133(2), pp 155-165.

• Calderón-Macías, C., and Luke, B. 2007. Addressing nonuniqueness in inversion of Rayleigh-wave data for shallow profiles containing stiff layers, Geophysics 72(1), U1-U10.