Ability of a global three-dimensional model to locate regional events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Ritzwoller, M H ^a   Shapiro, N M ^a   Levshin, A L ^a   Bergman, E A ^a   Engdahl, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Mantle; Seismic locations; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0142197662     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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