3-D crustal structure of the western United States: Application of Rayleigh-wave ellipticity extracted from noise cross-correlations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 656-670

  Lin, Fan Chi ^a   Tsai, Victor C ^b   Schmandt, Brandon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Interferometry; North America; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; EARTHQUAKES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENTS; COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELLIPTICITY MEASUREMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES AND FREE OSCILLATIONS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

AMBIENT NOISE; AMPLITUDE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904006616     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu160     Document Type: Article

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