Crustal structure of Australia from ambient seismic noise tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Saygin, Erdinc ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; LOVE WAVE; OUTCROP; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855654223     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008403     Document Type: Article

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