Complex rays and wave packets for decaying signals in inhomogeneous, anistropic and anelastic media

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2002, Pages 147-183

  Thomson, C J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anelasticity; Body waves; Diffraction; Dispersion; Evanescent waves; Ray theory; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036187366     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024814230994     Document Type: Article

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