A data-adaptive, multiscale approach of finite-frequency, traveltime tomography with special reference to P and S wave data from central Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hung, Shu Huei ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^b,c   Chiao, Ling Yun ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVELENGTH;

CHINA; INDIAN SHIELD; LHASA; XIZANG; YADONG;

EID: 79959583315     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008190     Document Type: Article

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