Noise reduction and detection of weak, coherent signals through phase-weighted stacks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 497-505

  Schimmel, Martin ^a   Paulssen, Hanneke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Array; Mantle discontinuities; Seismic noise; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; NOISE REDUCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031473951     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05664.x     Document Type: Article

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