Towards global earth tomography using the spectral element method: A technique based on source stacking

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 541-554

  Capdeville, Y ^a,b   Gung, Y ^a   Romanowicz, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Global seismology; Inverse problem; Spectral element method; Tomography

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744484599     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02689.x     Document Type: Review

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