A stacking approach to estimate VP/VS from receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 899-902

  Helffrich, George ^a,b   Thompson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body waves; Composition of the continental crust; Composition of the oceanic crust; Crustal structure; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; COMPOSITION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; P WAVES; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVES;

ESTIMATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STACKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 77955138089     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04628.x     Document Type: Article

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