On bias and noise in passive seismic data from finite circular array data processed using SPAC methods

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Asten, Michael W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMETRY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PLANE-WAVE STATIONARITIES; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC NOISE-WAVEFIELD; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33751042992     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2345054     Document Type: Article

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