Estimating near-surface shear wave velocities in Japan by applying seismic interferometry to KiK-net data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nakata, N ^a,b   Snieder, R ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CORRELATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SOFT ROCK; STRONG MOTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84856250584     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008595     Document Type: Article

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