On the minimum of vertical seismic noise near 3 mHz

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 647-658

  Zürn, Walter ^a   Wielandt, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barometric pressure; Long periods; Vertical seismic noise

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; SEISMIC NOISE; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

EID: 33846689369     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03189.x     Document Type: Article

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