Complete synthetic seismograms up to 2 Hz for transversely isotropic spherically symmetric media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-424

  Kawai, Kenji ^a   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^a   Geller, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Hz; Angular order; Direct solution method; Shallow earthquakes; Synthetic seismograms; Transverse isotropy

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEM; SYMMETRY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

EID: 33645997675     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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