Dipping-interface mapping using mode-separated Rayleigh waves

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-374

  Luo, Yinhe ^a   Xia, Jianghai ^b   Xu, Yixian ^a   Zeng, Chong ^b   Miller, Richard D ^b   Liu, Qingsheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipping layer; High resolution linear Radon transform; Mode separation; Pseudo 2D S wave velocity section; Rayleigh waves

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 64749110155     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0451-z     Document Type: Article

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