Noise levels of superconducting gravimeters at seismic frequencies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Banka, Dirk ^a   Crossley, David ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal modes; Seismic noise; Superconducting gravimeter

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; SEISMOMETRY;

EID: 0033376123     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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