Tomographic inversion of S-SKS times for shear velocity heterogeneity in D″: Degree 12 and hybrid models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B12, 2000, Pages 28139-28157

  Kuo, Ban Yuan ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^b   Lay, Thorne ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; MODEL; PACIFIC OCEAN; REMOTE SENSING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

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

EID: 0034474027     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900334     Document Type: Article

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