Tomography of the Alpine region from observations of seismic ambient noise

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 338-350

  Stehly, Lolo ^a,b   Fry, B ^c   Campillo, M ^a   Shapiro, N M ^d   Guilbert, J ^b   Boschi, L ^c   Giardini, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650187811     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04132.x     Document Type: Article

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