Microtremor analyses at Teide Volcano (Canary Islands, Spains): Assessment of natural frequencies of vibration using time-dependent horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1579-1596

  Almendros, Javier ^a   Luzón, Francisco ^a,b   Posadas, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microtremors; Ratiogram; Resonant period; Surface geology; Teide volcano

Indexed keywords

MICROTREMOR; SEISMICITY; VIBRATION; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TEIDE; TENERIFE;

EID: 3142640644     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2522-5     Document Type: Article

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