SHdiff-SVdiff splitting in an isotropic Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Komatitsch, Dimitri ^a,b   Vinnik, Lev P ^c   Chevrot, Sbastien ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ARRIVAL TIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTROPY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 77955396539     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006795     Document Type: Article

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