Improved imaging with phase-weighted common conversion point stacks of receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 368-374

  Frassetto, A ^a,b   Zandt, G ^b   Gilbert, H ^c   Owens, T J ^d   Jones, C H ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Image processing; Interface waves; Site effects; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING METHOD; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SITE EFFECT; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 77954636010     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04617.x     Document Type: Article

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