Scattering of spherical elastic waves from a small-volume spherical inclusion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 390-408

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE; INCLUSION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0031717990     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1998.tb07138.x     Document Type: Article

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