Frequency-dependent effects on travel times and waveforms of long-period S and SS waves

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 229-246

  Igel, Heiner ^a   Gudmundsson, Oli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite differences; Mantle structure; S and SS waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000337356     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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