Seismic waveform modelling in a 3-D Earth using the Born approximation: Potential shortcomings and a remedy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-178

  Panning, Mark P ^a,d   Capdeville, Yann ^b   Romanowicz, Barbara A ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Theoretical seismology; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

BORN APPROXIMATION; MODELING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 63049107358     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04050.x     Document Type: Article

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