Chaotic ray behaviour in regional seismology

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-380

  Keers, H ^a,b   Dahlen, F A ^a   Nolet, G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Layered heterogeneous media; Lyapunov exponent; Ray tracing; Regional seismology

Indexed keywords

CHAOS; RAY TRACING; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0031400480     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01228.x     Document Type: Article

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