A stable finite difference method for the elastic wave equation on complex geometries with free surfaces

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-107

  Appelö, Daniel ^a   Petersson, N Anders ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvilinear grids; Elastic wave equation; Energy estimate; Finite differences; Seismic wave propagation; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249133167     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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