Attenuation tomography of the western United States from ambient seismic noise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lawrence, Jesse F ^a   Prieto, Germán A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; ANELASTICITY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMETRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

IDAHO; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958782238     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007836     Document Type: Article

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