Statistical study of seismic heterogeneities at the base of the mantle from PKP differential traveltimes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1607-1616

  Garcia, Raphaël F ^a   Chevrot, Sébastien ^a   Calvet, Marie ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Mantle processes; Probability distributions; Seismic tomography; Statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PROCESS; PERTURBATION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE FIELD; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 70450196485     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04349.x     Document Type: Article

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