Anisotropy and P-wave tomography: A new approach for inverting teleseismic data from a dense array of stations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-91

  Gresillaud A ^a   Cara, M ^a  

^a The French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Inversion; Lithosphere; P waves; Tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; INVERSION; P WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0030471238     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05268.x     Document Type: Article

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