Hierarchical traveltime tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1105-1124

  Sekiguchi, Shoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 33747605081     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03077.x     Document Type: Article

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