Caveats on tomographic images

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-281

  Foulger, Gillian R ^a   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,c   Artemieva, Irina M ^d   Bastow, Ian D ^e   Cammarano, Fabio ^d   Evans, John R ^f   Hamilton, Warren B ^g   Julian, Bruce R ^a   Lustrino, Michele ^h   Thybo, Hans ^d   Yanovskaya, Tatiana B ⁱ  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE SOURCE; MODELING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880139727     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12041     Document Type: Review

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