Finite-frequency traveltime tomography of San Francisco Bay region crustal velocity structure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 630-656

  Pollitz, F F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bbody waves; Ffinite frequency travel times; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348812519     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03532.x     Document Type: Article

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