Rayleigh waves generated by mining explosions and upper crustal structure around Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1410-1429

  Zhou, Rong Mao ^a   Stump, Brian W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; EXPLOSIONS; MINING; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

BROADBAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MULTIPLE FILTER ANALYSIS (MFA); PHASE MATCHED FILTERING (PMF);

SEISMIC WAVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

EID: 7244232806     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/012003152     Document Type: Article

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