Multiple-frequency SH-wave tomography of the western US upper mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1384-1402

  Tian, Yue ^a   Sigloch, Karin ^a,b   Nolet, Guust ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BODY WAVE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SH-WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69149089906     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04225.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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