The Earth's 'hum' is driven by ocean waves over the continental shelves

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7129, 2007, Pages 754-756

  Webb, Spahr C ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MARS; OCEAN WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33847174970     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05536     Document Type: Article

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