Cartesian parametrization of anisotropic traveltime tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-80

  Wu, Huatao ^a   Lees, Jonathan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0032967218     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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