A global model of Love and Rayleigh surface wave dispersion and anisotropy, 25-250s

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1668-1686

  Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; B SPLINES; BASIS FUNCTIONS; DATA SETS; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSION MODELS; EARTH MODELS; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL MODELS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITIES; RAYLEIGH SURFACE WAVES; RAYLEIGH-WAVE DISPERSION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES; UNIFORM RESOLUTION;

ANISOTROPY; DISPERSIONS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

AZIMUTH; DATA SET; LOVE WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 81555214039     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05225.x     Document Type: Article

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