Imaging the solid Earth with seismic noise

Abstract

Abstract. The correlation of ambient vibrations of the Earth yields the impulse response between two passive sensors as if one was a source. This provides the opportunity to image the Earth beneath regional seismic arrays. In this paper, we present imaging of the lithosphere in Europe based on surface Rayleigh waves extracted from continuous record of the seismic noise. We also recall a brief history of passive imaging in seismology. The link between correlations and the green function is investigated from a mathematical point of view, and through laboratory experiments.