A new finite-frequency shear-velocity model of the European-Mediterranean region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Peter, D ^a   Boschi, L ^a   Deschamps, F ^a   Fry, B ^a   Ekstrom G ^b   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FLUID DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESCENT METHODS; DISPERSION CURVES; EUROPEANS; FREQUENCY MODELS; FREQUENCY THEORIES; GLOBAL SCALES; HIGHER RESOLUTIONS; INDEPENDENT MODELS; LOCAL PHASE; MANTLE STRUCTURES; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PER MODELS; RADIAL SHEARS; REGION OF INTERESTS; VELOCITY DISPERSIONS; VELOCITY INVERSIONS; VELOCITY MODELS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

VELOCITY;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SHEAR ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 56449118581     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034769     Document Type: Article

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