The S receiver functions: Synthetics and data example

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 555-564

  Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Kind, Rainer ^a,b   Li, Xueqing ^a   Wang, Rongjiang ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reflectivity method; S receiver Function; S wave; ScS wave; SKS wave; Synthetic seismogram

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 33646022865     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02885.x     Document Type: Article

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