Three-dimensional crustal structure of eastern North America extracted from ambient noise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Liang, Chuntao ^a   Langston, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RIFTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SURFACE WAVE; UPLIFT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649880868     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005919     Document Type: Article

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