SV-wave azimuthal anisotropy in the Australian upper mantle: Preliminary results from automated Rayleigh waveform inversion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 747-754

  Debayle, E ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032822401     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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