The S-velocity structure of the East Asian mantle from inversion of shear and surface waveforms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-102

  Friederich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Asia; Mantle; Mode coupling; Scattering; Seismic waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA;

EID: 0037388908     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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