1.10 - Theory and Observations – Seismic Tomography and Inverse Methods

Treatise on Geophysics: Volume 1-10

Volumn 1-10, Issue , 2007, Pages 323-360

  Thurber, C ^a   Ritsema, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body wave; Crust; Earth structure; Inverse theory; Mantle; Normal mode; Seismology; Surface wave; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882828378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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