Full waveform tomography for lithospheric imaging: Results from a blind test in a realistic crustal model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-151

  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

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

EID: 33846030493     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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