Observations of long period Rayleigh wave ellipticity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Ferreira, Ana M G ^a   Woodhouse, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude ratios; Global seismic tomography; Lateral heterogeneity; Rayleigh waves

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34147142513     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03276.x     Document Type: Article

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