Constraints on the S wave velocity structure in a continental shield from surface wave data: Comparing linearized least squares inversion and the direct search neighbourhood Algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Snoke, J Arthur ^a   Sambridge, Malcolm ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere asthenosphere rheology; Direct search methods for nonlinear inversion; Neighbourhood Algorithm; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN;

EID: 0037053555     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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