Assessing the reliability of the modified three-component spatial autocorrelation technique

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 779-796

  Köhler, Andreas ^a   Ohrnberger, Matthias ^a   Scherbaum, Frank ^a   Wathelet, Marc ^b   Cornou, Cecile ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Seismic array; Seismic noise; Seismology; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33846671745     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03253.x     Document Type: Article

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