Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: A Bayesianmonte-Carlo approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 807-836

  Shen, Weisen ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Schulte Pelkum, Vera ^a   Lin, Fan Chi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Inverse theory; Surfacewaves and free oscillations; North America; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTOR CORES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED APPLICATIONS; BROAD-BAND SEISMOMETERS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FREE OSCILLATION; NORTH AMERICA; RAYLEIGH-WAVE DISPERSION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE DISPERSION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84876852695     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs050     Document Type: Article

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