Anelastic Earth structure from the coherency of the ambient seismic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Prieto, G A ^a   Lawrence, J F ^b   Beroza, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANELASTICITY; CORRELATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; FIELD SURVEY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREEN FUNCTION; Q FACTOR; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC ZONE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 70349653823     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006067     Document Type: Article

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