Signal restoration through deconvolution applied to deep mantle seismic probes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1353-1362

  Stefan, W ^a   Garnero, E ^a   Renaut, R A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D*Deconvolution; Lower mantle; Regularization; Total variation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DECONVOLUTION; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33845325329     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03124.x     Document Type: Article

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