Robust inversion of IASP91 travel time residuals for mantle P and S velocity structure, earthquake mislocations, and station corrections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 99, Issue B7, 1994, Pages 13727-13755

  Vasco, D W ^a,b   Johnson, Lane R ^a,b   Pulliam, R Jay ^b,d   Earle, Paul S ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IASP91 MODEL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC INVERSION; TRAVELTIME RESIDUAL; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0028586407     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/93jb02023     Document Type: Article

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