Finite-frequency resolution limits of wave path traveltime tomography for smoothly varying velocity models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 669-676

  Sheng, Jianming ^a   Schuster, Gerard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic resolution; Tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

INVERSE ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PHASE VELOCITY; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0037340746     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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