Efficient waveform tomography for lithospheric imaging: Implications for realistic, two-dimensional acquisition geometries and low-frequency data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-170

  Brenders, A J ^a   Pratt, R G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Crustal structure; Inversion; Synthetic waveforms; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846019650     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03096.x     Document Type: Article

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