The global short-period wavefield modelled with a Monte Carlo seismic phonon method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1103-1117

  Shearer, Peter M ^a   Earle, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scattering; Seismic coda; Seismic wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CODA; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 4644282408     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02378.x     Document Type: Article

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