Seismic broadband ocean-bottom data and noise observed with free-fall stations: Experiences from long-term deployments in the North Atlantic and the Tyrrhenian Sea

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 647-664

  Dahm, T ^a   Tilmann, F ^b   Morgan, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE SENSITIVITY; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SEAFLOOR-CURRENT-INDUCED TILT;

SEISMOLOGY;

CORRELATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 33645761857     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040064     Document Type: Article

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