Imaging of structure at and near the core mantle boundary using a generalized radon transform: 1. Construction of image gathers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wang, P ^a   de Hoop, M V ^b   van der Hilst, R D ^a   Ma, Ping ^c   Tenorio, L ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODA; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADON; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547868550     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004241     Document Type: Article

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