Resolving power of surface wave polarization data for higher-order heterogeneities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 205-220

  Yoshizawa, Kazunori ^a,c   Yomogida, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Tsuboi, Seiji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral heterogeneity; Polarization; Ray theory; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 0032849440     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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