THE DETERMINATION OF CRUSTAL THICKNESS FROM THE SPECTRUM OF P WAVES

Abstract

The layers of the earth's crust act as a filter with respect to seismic energy arriving at a given station. Consequently the motion recorded at the earth's surface depends not only on the frequency content of the exciting seismic energy and on the response characteristics of the recording instrument, but also on the elastic parameters and thicknesses of the layers. This latter dependence is the basis for a method of investigating the structure of the crust.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624844

Entities

People

  • Luis M. Fernandez

Organizations

  • Saint Louis University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Doppler Effect
  • Elastic Waves
  • Equations
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Response
  • Physical Properties
  • Refraction
  • Seismic Waves
  • Stations
  • United States
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Seismology