Coupling the spectral element method with a modal solution for elastic wave propagation in global earth models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-67

  Capdeville, Y ^a   Chaljub, E ^a   Vilotte, J P ^a   Montagner, J P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Body waves; Global wave propagation; Modal solution; Spectral elements; Surface waves; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTH STRUCTURE; ELASTIC WAVE; MODELING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037229262     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01808.x     Document Type: Article

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