Three-dimensional sensitivity kernels for finite-frequency traveltimes: The banana-doughnut paradox

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 805-815

  Marquering, Henk ^a,b   Dahlen, F A ^b   Nolet, Guust ^b  

^a OCÉ TECHNOLOGIES B V   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frechet derivatives; Inhomogeneous media; S waves; Tomography; Traveltime; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032873876     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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