Comparison of fluid tiltmeter data with long-period seismograms: Surface waves and Earth's free oscillations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Ferreira, Ana M G ^a   d'Oreye, Nicolas F ^b   Woodhouse, John H ^a   Zürn, Walter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology and The Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^c Black Forest Observatory   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; OSCILLATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; SURFACE WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547861730     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004311     Document Type: Article

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