Joint inversion of receiver functions, surface wave dispersion, and magnetotelluric data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Moorkamp, M ^a,b   Jones, A G ^a   Fishwick, S ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 78049320021     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006369     Document Type: Article

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