Surface wave dispersion measurements from ambient seismic noise analysis in Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1242-1252

  Li, Hongyi ^a,b   Bernardi, Fabrizio ^c   Michelini, Alberto ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; OCEANIC CRUST; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE GROUP;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALPS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO PLAIN; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 77950155041     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04476.x     Document Type: Article

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