S-wave velocity models in the Scotia Sea region, Antarctica, from nonlinear inversion of Rayleigh waves dispersion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-139

  Vuan, A ^a   Cazzaro, R ^b   Costa, G ^b   Russi, M ^a   Panza, G F ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Lithosphere structure; Scotia Sea; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0033045843     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050224     Document Type: Article

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