Tremor source location using time reversal: Selecting the appropriate imaging field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Larmat, C S ^a   Guyer, R A ^a,b   Johnson, P A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D-VELOCITY; APRIORI; CLASSICAL APPROACH; ENERGY CURRENT; FULL-WAVEFORMS; IMAGING FIELDS; LONG LASTING; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; SEISMIC RISK; SOURCE LOCATION; SYNTHETIC STUDY; TIME REVERSAL;

QUANTUM THEORY; RISK PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LOCATION;

IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMIC ZONE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049113306     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040099     Document Type: Article

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