Finite-frequency sensitivity kernels for head waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 847-856

  Zhang, Zhigang ^a   Shen, Yang ^a   Zhao, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite frequency tomography; Fr chet kernels; Head waves; Pn; Waveform simulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ARRIVAL TIME; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOALING WAVE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 35348873722     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03575.x     Document Type: Article

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