Least-squares self-coherency analysis of superconducting gravimeter records in search for the Slichter triplet

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-123

  Pagiatakis, Spiros D ^a   Yin, Hui ^b   El Gelil, Mahmoud Abd ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coherency; Least squares; Product spectrum; Slichter triplet; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GRAVIMETERS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT SPECTRUM; SELF-COHERENCY ANALYSIS; SLICHTER TRIPLET;

EARTH SCIENCES;

GRAVIMETRY; INNER CORE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

EID: 33845752148     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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