Theoretical and numerical investigations of global and regional seismic wave propagation in weakly anisotropic earth models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1130-1152

  Chen, Min ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Phase speed perturbations; Spectral element simulations; Surface waves; Weakly anisotropic earth model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33947115915     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03218.x     Document Type: Article

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