Multiarrival wavefront tracking and its applications

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hauser, J ^a   Sambridge, M ^a   Rawlinson, N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiarrival tomography; Surface waves; Wavefront tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350000220     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002069     Document Type: Article

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