Effects of slight anisotropy on surface waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 654-666

  Larson, Erik W F ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Earth structure; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000351103     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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