Tensorial formulation of the wave equation for modelling curved interfaces

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-168

  Komatitsch, Dimitri ^a   Coutel, Fabien ^b   Mora, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rayleigh waves; Seismic modelling; Topography; Wave equation

Indexed keywords

CURVED INTERFACE; SEISMIC MODELLING; TENSORIAL FORMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 0030423323     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb01541.x     Document Type: Article

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