Elastic wave propagation in anisotropic crustal material possessing arbitrary internal tilt

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 344-358

  Okaya, David A ^a   McEvilly, Thomas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic wave theory; Finite difference methods; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic modelling; Seismic wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TILT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038476338     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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