Effect of 2-D topography on the 3-D seismic wavefield using a 2.5-D discrete wavenumber-boundary integral equation method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 741-755

  Takenaka, H ^a   Kennett, B L N ^b   Fujiwara, H ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

P waves; S waves; Topography; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; SEISMIC WAVEFIELD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0029730564     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05635.x     Document Type: Article

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