Constraints on the velocity structure beneath the Tornquist-Teisseyre Zone from beam-forming analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Alsina, Dolors ^a   Snieder, Roel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Faulting; Scattering; Surface waves; Tornquist Zone; Velocity gradient

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMING ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EUROPE, TORNQUIST-TEISSEYRE ZONE;

EID: 0030456551     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05279.x     Document Type: Article

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