Thermodynamic constraints on seismic inversions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1175-1188

  Shapiro, N M ^a   Ritzwoller, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Physical constraints; Seismic inversion; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA INVERSION; HEAT FLOW; SEISMIC DATA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 3142670576     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02254.x     Document Type: Article

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