Ambient noise tomography across the Central Andes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1559-1573

  Ward, Kevin M ^a   Porter, Ryan C ^b   Zandt, George ^a   Beck, Susan L ^a   Wagner, Lara S ^c   Minaya, Estela ^d   Tavera, Hernando ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Observatorio San Calixto   (Bolivia)

^e INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Interferometry; Seismic tomography; South America; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE TOMOGRAPHIES; BROAD-BAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; SURFACE WAVES AND FREE OSCILLATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

AMBIENT NOISE; BATHOLITH; BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; PHASE VELOCITY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLATEAU; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; CHILE; CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY; PERU;

EID: 84882603735     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt166     Document Type: Article

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