Global-scale P wave tomography optimized for prediction of teleseismic and regional travel times for Middle East events: 2. Tomographic inversion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Simmons, N A ^a   Myers, S C ^a   Johannesson, G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; ARRIVAL TIME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79955051806     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007969     Document Type: Article

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