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Research article
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14 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2022
| 14 Mar 2022
Ambient seismic noise analysis of LARGE-N data for mineral exploration in the Central Erzgebirge, Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Moritz Kirsch
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Institut
Freiberg für Ressourcentechnologie (HIF), Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599
Freiberg, Germany
Christian Haberland
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Raimon Tolosana-Delgado
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Institut
Freiberg für Ressourcentechnologie (HIF), Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599
Freiberg, Germany
Andrea Viezzoli
Aarhus Geophysics, Aps, Voldbjergsvej, Risskov, 8200, Denmark
Richard Gloaguen
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Institut
Freiberg für Ressourcentechnologie (HIF), Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599
Freiberg, Germany
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