Seismic interferometry and ambient noise tomography in the British Isles

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-86

  Nicolson, Heather ^a,b,c   Curtis, Andrew ^a,b   Baptie, Brian ^b,c   Galetti, Erica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOSSE Edinburgh Collaborative of Subsurface Science and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient noise tomography; Scottish Highlands; Seismic interferometry; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CRUST; EARTH SCIENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LEWISIAN; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE FIELD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855967743     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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