Assessment of tomographic mantle models using spectral element seismograms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1187-1199

  Bozdaĝ, Ebru ^a   Trampert, Jeannot ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body waves; Computational seismology; Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949964208     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04468.x     Document Type: Article

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