Locating hydrothermal acoustic sources at Old Faithful Geyser using Matched Field Processing

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 385-393

  Cros, E ^a   Roux, P ^b   Vandemeulebrouck, J ^a   Kedar, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal systems; North America; Volcano seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SOURCES; DENSE ARRAYS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MATCHED FIELD PROCESSING; MINIMUM VARIANCE; NORTH AMERICA; SOURCE POSITION; TECHNIQUES USED; VOLCANO SEISMOLOGY; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

ACOUSTICS; PARKS; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GEYSERS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; GEOPHONE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 80052965847     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05147.x     Document Type: Article

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