Global high-resolution phase velocity distributions of overtone and fundamental-mode surface waves determined by mode branch stripping

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 601-620

  Van Heijst, Hendrik Jan ^a,b   Woodhouse, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global seismology; Love waves; Rayleigh waves; Surface waves; Tomography; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032843589     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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