Imaging of structure at and near the core-mantle boundary using a generalized radon transform: 2. Statistical inference of singularities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

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

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IMAGING METHOD; RADON TRANSFORM; SEISMOGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 35348912573     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004513     Document Type: Article

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