An explicit relationship between time-domain noise correlation and spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 454-460

  Tsai, Victor C ^a   Moschetti, Morgan P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Theoretical seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AUTOCORRELATION; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77954643543     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04633.x     Document Type: Article

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