A 3-D shear velocity model of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the United States from ambient seismic noise

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1177-1196

  Bensen, G D ^a   Ritzwoller, M H ^a   Yang, Yingie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; LOVE WAVE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANADARKO BASIN; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; GREEN BASIN; MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 66549105454     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04125.x     Document Type: Article

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