Cross-correlation weighted migration: Towards high-resolution mapping of mantle heterogeneities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1109-1127

  Kito, Tadashi ^a   Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Mantle processes; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; BOOTSTRAPPING; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PROCESS; MAPPING; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; STACKING; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 77953117851     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04561.x     Document Type: Article

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