Pseudo-bending method for three-dimensional seismic ray tracing in a spherical earth with discontinuities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-346

  Koketsu, Kazuki ^a   Sekine, Shutaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Earth models; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

BENDING METHOD; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC METHOD; SPHERICAL EARTH;

EID: 0031861689     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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