Are we exceeding the limits of the great circle approximation in global surface wave tomography?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2341-2344

  Spetzler, J ^a   Trampert, J ^a   Snieder, R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

GLOBAL SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 0035874926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012691     Document Type: Article

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