Surface wave tomography: Global membrane waves and adjoint methods

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1098-1117

  Peter, D ^a   Tape, C ^b   Boschi, L ^a   Woodhouse, J H ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoint methods; Born approximation; Membrane waves; Scattering theory; Seismic tomography; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

BORN APPROXIMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 36348968906     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03554.x     Document Type: Article

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