Source directionality of ambient seismic noise inferred from three-component beamforming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 240-248

  Behr, Y ^a,b,f   Townend, J ^b   Bowen, M ^c   Carter, L ^b   Gorman, R ^d   Brooks, L ^e   Bannister, S ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ambient seismic noise; beamforming; Love waves; ocean wave climate; Rayleigh waves

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE CLIMATE;

EID: 84877117208     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009382     Document Type: Article

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