Station corrections for the Kaapvaal seismic network: Statistical properties and relation to lithospheric structure

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 39-52

  Wright, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mantle structure; Regional seismic networks; Seismic body waves; Station corrections

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC BODY WAVES; STATION CORRECTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

EID: 42649097885     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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