How to reconcile body-wave and normal-mode reference earth models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 229-248

  Montagner, J P ^a,b   Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earth models; Normal modes; Seismology

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTH MODEL; EIGENPERIOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0029729262     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06548.x     Document Type: Article

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