P-SV wave propagation in the Earth's mantle using finite differences: Application to heterogeneous lowermost mantle structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 415-418

  Igel, Heiner ^a   Weber, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut für Geophysik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MANTLE (LOWER); SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ELASTIC WAVES; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIRECT SOLUTION METHOD; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; HIGH-ORDER FINITE DIFFERENCES; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; REFLECTIVITY METHODS; SPHERICAL COORDINATES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0029731372     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00422     Document Type: Article

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