Locating and quantifying the seismic discontinuities in a complex medium through the migration and AVA analysis of reflected converted waves: An application to the Mt Vesuvius volcano

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 486-496

  Auger, E ^a,b   Virieux, J ^b   Zollo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Explosion seismology; Low velocity layer; S waves; Seismic tomography; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VOLCANO;

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EID: 0037327460     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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