On amplitude information carried by the ambient seismic field

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 343, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 600-614

  Prieto, Germán A ^a   Denolle, Marine ^b   Lawrence, Jesse F ^b   Beroza, Gregory C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient seismic field; Amplification; Attenuation; Coherence; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE; CRUST; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 80054104046     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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