Fast kinematic ray tracing of first- and later-arriving global seismic phases

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-369

  Bijwaard, H ^a   Spakman, W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Ray tracing; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033385055     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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