Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bodin, T ^a   Sambridge, M ^a   Tkalcic H ^a   Arroucau, P ^b   Gallagher, K ^c   Rawlinson, N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBIENT NOISE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA INVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856959288     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008560     Document Type: Article

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