Test of tomographic models of D" using differential travel time data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Bréger, Ludovic ^a,c   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a,c   Vinnik, Lev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c Berkeley Seismological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D REGION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIFFERENTIAL TRAVEL TIME DATA; LATERAL VELOCITY GRADIENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOMOGRAPHIC MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MANTLE VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHIC MODEL;

EID: 0031831178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03359     Document Type: Article

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