Absolute S-velocity estimation from receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1089-1094

  Svenningsen, Lasse ^a   Jacobsen, B H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absolute velocity; Apparent incidence angle; Free surface; Receiver function; S velocity

Indexed keywords

FREE SURFACE FLOW; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 34548142538     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03505.x     Document Type: Article

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