Neighbourhood inversion of teleseismic Ps conversions for anisotrophy and layer dip

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 200-212

  Frederiksen, A W ^a   Folsom, H ^b   Zandt, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotrophy; Inversion; Lithosphere; Seismology; Tibet; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CANADA; CHINA;

EID: 0142088781     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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