Wide-angle seismic velocities in heterogeneous crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-280

  Brittan, John ^a   Warner, Mike ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust; Inhomogeneous media; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WIDE ANGLE SURVEY;

EID: 0030886695     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01580.x     Document Type: Article

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