Waveform inversion for 3-D earth structure using the Direct Solution Method implemented on vector-parallel supercomputer

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Hara, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anelasticity; Hot spot; Parallel computer; Three dimensional structure; Transition zone; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; TOMOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 3042730998     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.06.010     Document Type: Article

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