Shallow-velocity models at the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, determined from array analyses of tremor wavefields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 633-648

  Saccorotti, Gilberto ^a   Chouet, Bernard ^b   Dawson, Phillip ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calderas; Seismic velocities; Surface waves; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; LOVE WAVE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; VOLCANO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037340661     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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