Multimode Rayleigh wave inversion for heterogeneity and azimuthal anisotropy of the Australian upper mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 738-754

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a   Montagner, Jean Paul ^b   Zielhuis, Alet ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Azimuthal anisotropy; Heterogeneity; Inversion; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTH; HETEROGENEITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036900129     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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