Introduction to the spectral element method for three-dimensional seismic wave propagation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 806-822

  Komatitsch, Dimitri ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Finite element methods; Numerical techniques; Seismic modelling; Seismic wave propagation; Topography

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033400861     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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