Shear velocity structure of the Northland Peninsula,New Zealand, inferred from ambient noise correlations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Behr, Y ^b   Townend, J ^b   Bannister, S ^a   Savage, M K ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBIENT NOISE; ARRIVAL TIME; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND PENINSULA;

EID: 78049292876     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006737     Document Type: Article

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