The detection of low magnitude seismic events using array-based waveform correlation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-166

  Gibbons, Steven J ^a   Ringdal, Frode ^a  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Matched signal; Seismic array; Waveform correlation

Indexed keywords

SEISMOGRAM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645095689     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02865.x     Document Type: Article

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