Surface wave ray tracing and azimuthal anisotropy: A generalized spherical harmonic approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-578

  Boschi, Lapo ^a   Woodhouse, John H ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global seismology; Ray theory; Ray tracing; Seismic anisotropy; Spherical harmonics; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 33645992105     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02870.x     Document Type: Article

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