Constraints on global maps of phase velocity from surface-wave amplitudes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 820-826

  Dalton, Colleen A ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Global seismology; Seismic velocities; Seismicray theory; Surface waves; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SURFACE WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33750694968     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03142.x     Document Type: Article

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