Atypical seismic signals at the Galicia Margin, North Atlantic Ocean, related to the resonance of subsurface fluid-filled cracks

Tectonophysics

Volumn 433, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Diaz J ^a   Gallart, J ^a   Gaspa O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atypical seismic signals; Galicia passive margin; Harmonic tremors; Resonance of fluid filled cracks; Short duration events; Tidal correlation

Indexed keywords

CODA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PASSIVE MARGIN; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CETACEA;

EID: 33947119140     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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