Calculation of seismic displacement fields in self-gravitating earth models-applications of minors vectors and symplectic structure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1176-1208

  Al Attar, David ^a   Woodhouse, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical solutions; Surface waves and free oscillations; Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVE; VECTOR;

EID: 57049185934     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03961.x     Document Type: Article

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