1.08 - Crust and Lithospheric Structure – Active Source Studies of Crust and Lithospheric Structure

Treatise on Geophysics: Volume 1-10

Volumn 1-10, Issue , 2007, Pages 247-288

  Levander, A ^a   Zelt, C A ^a   Symes, W W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled Source; Crust; Imaging; Inversion; Lithosphere; Migration; Reflection; Refracton; Seismology; Tomography; Upper mantle; Waveform tomography; Wide angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862182097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00014-6     Document Type: Chapter

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