Waveform inversions and the significance of surface-wave mode coupling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 258-278

  Marquering, Henk ^a   Snieder, Roel ^a   Nolet, Guust ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Inverse problem; Mode coupling; S waves

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODE COUPLING; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 0029773192     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06369.x     Document Type: Article

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