Determination of New Zealand Ocean bottom seismometer orientation via rayleigh-wave polarization

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 704-713

  Stachnik, J C ^a,b   Sheehan, A F ^a   Zietlow, D W ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Collins, J ^c   Ferris, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; RAYLEIGH WAVE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84866366717     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220110128     Document Type: Article

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