Time corrections to teleseismic P delays derived from SKS splitting parameters and implications for western U.S. P-wave tomography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  O'Driscoll, Leland J ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a   Schmandt, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; CALIFORNIA; DELAY TIME; GREAT BASIN; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; P-WAVE VELOCITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SYMMETRY AXIS; TELESEISMIC; TIME CORRECTION; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRAVEL TIME; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ANISOTROPY; ARRIVAL TIME; ARTIFACT; AZIMUTH; BODY WAVE; ESTIMATION METHOD; P-WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053969312     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049031     Document Type: Article

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