An efficient and flexible approach to the calculation of three-dimensional full-wave Fréchet kernels for seismic tomography-II. Numerical results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 939-954

  Zhao, Li ^a   Chevrot, Sébastien ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; BODY WAVES; GENERAL EXPRESSION; GREEN'S TENSORS; LOCAL PERTURBATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC PHASIS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE FORMS;

ANISOTROPY; BORN APPROXIMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

BODY WAVE; PERTURBATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954584506     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04984.x     Document Type: Article

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