Petascale computing and resolution in global seismic tomography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 245-250

  Boschi, L ^a   Ampuero, J P ^a   Peter, D ^a   Mai, P M ^a   Soldati, G ^b   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Finite frequency; Inverse theory; Resolution; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGY; INVERSE THEORY; PETASCALE COMPUTING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE FREQUENCY;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INVERSION; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 34547942914     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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