Direct calculation of interval velocities and layer thicknesses from seismic wide-angle reflection times

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-38

  Sain, Kalachand ^a   Kaila, K L ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Deep seismic reflection; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LAYER STRIPPING METHOD; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRAVELTIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029768585     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06532.x     Document Type: Article

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