Improving global shear wave traveltime tomography using three-dimensional ray tracing and iterative inversion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 747-758

  Widiyantoro, S ^a   Gorbatov, A ^b   Kennett, B L N ^c   Fukao, Y ^b  

^a BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 D ray tracing; Mantle heterogeneity; S waves; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0034038505     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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