Surface-wave polarization data and global anisotropic structure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 508-520

  Laske, G ^a   Masters, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Global tomography; Path integral approximation; Polarization; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001461652     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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