Chapter 6 Observing and Modeling Elastic Scattering in the Deep Earth

Advances in Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2008, Pages 167-193

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

coda waves; deep Earth heterogeneity; Monte Carlo algorithms; Seismic scattering

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CODA; ELASTIC WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 56449110425     PISSN: 00652687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2687(08)00006-X     Document Type: Review

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