Seismic tomography at Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Berger, Pia ^a   Got, Jean Luc ^b   González, Carlos Valdés ^c   Monteiller, Vadim ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Popocat petl; Seismic tomography; Volcano tectonic events

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; AVERAGE VALUES; BAYESIAN; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; LOW-VELOCITY; ME-XICO; OPTIMAL REGULARIZATION; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; P-WAVE TRAVEL-TIME; P-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY TESTS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

OPTIMIZATION; SANITARY SEWERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARRIVAL TIME; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA INVERSION; HETEROGENEITY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 79951726988     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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