Surface-wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis - I. Phase velocity maps

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 732-744

  Yao, Huajian ^a   van der Hilst, Robert D ^a   de Hoop, Maarten V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array tomography; Empirical Green's functions; Phase velocity; SE Tibet; Surface waves; Two station method

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; GREEN FUNCTION; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33746109948     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03028.x     Document Type: Article

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