Improving seismic resolution of outermost core structure by multichannel analysis and deconvolution of broadband SmKS phases

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 104-119

  Eaton, David W ^a,b   Kendall, J Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Outer core; Seismic array methods; SmKS

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMICS; OUTER CORE; SEISMIC ARRAY METHODS; SEISMIC RESOLUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; OUTER CORE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33644883636     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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