Nonlinear waveform and delay time analysis of triplicated core phases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Garcia, R ^a   Chevrot, S ^b   Weber, M ^c  

^a CNRS UMR7096   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Network data; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); SEISMIC WAVE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 2542480800     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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