Assessing the applicability of the spatial autocorrelation method: A theoretical approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cho, Ikuo ^a   Tada, Taku ^a   Shinozaki, Yuzo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROTREMOR; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE;

EID: 50649083896     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005245     Document Type: Article

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