Comparison of ray-and adjoint-based sensitivity kernels for body-wave seismic tomography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mercerat, E D ^a,b   Nolet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Laboratoire Régional des Ponts et Chausées CETE Méditerranée ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADJOINTS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DELAY TIME; FULL-WAVEFORMS; LOCAL SCALE; NEAR-FIELD; P WAVES; S-WAVES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY KERNELS; VELOCITY MODEL; WAVEFIELDS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BODY WAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RAY TRACING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE FIELD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862513338     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052002     Document Type: Article

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