Combined receiver-function and surface wave phase-velocity inversion using a niching genetic algorithm: Application to Patagonia

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 977-987

  Lawrence, Jesse F ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WAVES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

NICHING GENETIC ALGORITHM (NGA); PHASE VELOCITY INVERSIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4243150791     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030172     Document Type: Article

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