Shear wave model of southern Africa from regional Rayleigh wave tomography with 2-D sensitivity kernels

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 832-844

  Li, Aibing ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cratons; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; AFRICA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRATONS; FINITE-FREQUENCY EFFECTS; GAUSSIANS; HIGH VELOCITY; IRON CONTENT; LOW-VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; NEW MODEL; PLANE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY KERNELS; THERMAL DISTURBANCE; TOMOGRAPHY METHODS; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; WAVE SCATTERING AND DIFFRACTION;

ALIGNMENT; BORN APPROXIMATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MINERALS; PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

CRATON; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SCATTERING;

BUSHVELD BASIN; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79954612743     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04971.x     Document Type: Article

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