Imaging of intrabasalt and subbasalt structure with full wavefield seismic tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Chironi, Caterina ^a,b   Morgan, J V ^a   Warner, M R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GX Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33745739893     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003595     Document Type: Article

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