Seismically observed seiching in the Panama Canal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  McNamara, D E ^a   Ringler, A T ^a   Hutt, C R ^a   Gee, L S ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRUM; WATER WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79955423175     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007930     Document Type: Article

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