Retrieval of Moho-reflected shear wave arrivals from ambient seismic noise

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 408-420

  Zhan, Zhongwen ^a,b   Ni, Sidao ^a   Helmberger, Don V ^b   Clayton, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; MOHO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE;

EID: 77954636170     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04625.x     Document Type: Article

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