On the potential of recording earthquakes for global seismic tomography by low-cost autonomous instruments in the oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   Nolet, Guust ^a   Georgief, Paul ^b   Babcock, Jeff M ^b   Regier, Lloyd A ^c   Davis, Russ E ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Instrument Development Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; INSTRUMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOMETRY; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 67651113873     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006088     Document Type: Article

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