Surface wave higher-mode phase velocity measurements using a roller-coaster-type algorithm

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 289-307

  Beucler, Éric ^a   Stutzmann, Éléonore ^a   Montagner, Jean Paul ^a  

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

Author keywords

Inverse problem; Seismic tomography; Surface waves; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; INVERSE PROBLEM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142088770     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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