Waveform inversion of deep seismic reflection data: The polarity of mantle reflections

Tectonophysics

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 235-247

  Price, C E ^a   Morgan, J V ^a   Warner, M R ^a   Barton, P J ^b   Jones, K A ^a   Morgan, R P Ll ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inverse problem; Mantle; Reflection; Seismic profiles; Waveforms

Indexed keywords

EARTH MANTLE; ECLOGITIC SLAB; INVERSE PROBLEM; MANTLE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030441947     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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