An automated time-window selection algorithm for seismic tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-281

  Maggi, Alessia ^a   Tape, Carl ^b   Chen, Min ^b,c   Chao, Daniel ^b   Tromp, Jeroen ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Seismictomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Time series analysis; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 67650132866     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04099.x     Document Type: Article

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