Teleseismic body waveforms and receiver structures beneath seismic stations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 525-540

  Zhao, Lian She ^a   Frohlich, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; P waves; Seismic velocities; Seismology

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P WAVE; RAY THEORY; TELESEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0029751498     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb07035.x     Document Type: Article

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