Transient D″ discontinuity revealed by seismic migration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Chambers, K ^a,b   Woodhouse, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DATA COVERAGE; GENERALISED RADON TRANSFORM; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SYNTHETIC DATA SETS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; RADON TRANSFORM; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33845621465     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027043     Document Type: Article

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