Resolving P-wave travel-time anomalies using seismic array observations of oceanic storms

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 419-427

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Gerstoft, Peter ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body wave tomography; Microseism; P wave; Storm; Travel time anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ANALYSIS; ARRIVAL TIME; BODY-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; EARTH STRUCTURES; GULF OF MEXICO; MICROSEISM; OPEN OCEAN; P WAVES; P-WAVE; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; P-WAVE TRAVEL-TIME; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

STORMS;

BODY WAVE; EARTH STRUCTURE; OPEN OCEAN; P-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STORM; TRAVEL TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950522265     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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