Constructing synthetics from deep earth tomographic models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-82

  Ni, Sidao ^a   Ding, Xiaoming ^a   Helmberger, Don V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D ; Lateral heterogeneity; Synthetic waveforms; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 0034020165     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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