Wave front healing and the evolution of seismic delay times

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B8, 2000, Pages 19043-19054

  Nolet, Guust ^a   Dahlen, F A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034632584     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900161     Document Type: Article

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