DOI: 10.1126/science.1108339 ISSN:
High-Resolution Surface-Wave Tomography from Ambient Seismic Noise
Nikolai M. Shapiro, Michel Campillo, Laurent Stehly, Michael H. Ritzwoller- Multidisciplinary
Cross-correlation of 1 month of ambient seismic noise recorded at USArray stations in California yields hundreds of short-period surface-wave group-speed measurements on interstation paths. We used these measurements to construct tomographic images of the principal geological units of California, with low-speed anomalies corresponding to the main sedimentary basins and high-speed anomalies corresponding to the igneous cores of the major mountain ranges. This method can improve the resolution and fidelity of crustal images obtained from surface-wave analyses.