AuSREM: Australian Seismological Reference Model

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1091-1103

  Kennett, B L N ^a   Salmon, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; body waves; Crust and mantle structure; surface waves; tomography

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871348306     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.736406     Document Type: Article

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