Eikonal tomography: Surface wave tomography by phase front tracking across a regional broad-band seismic array

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1091-1110

  Lin, Fan Chi ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Snieder, Roel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; Seismic anisotropy; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; AMBIENT NOISE; AMPLITUDE; DATA INVERSION; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549108059     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04105.x     Document Type: Article

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