Mapping the Moho with seismic surface waves: A review, resolution analysis, and recommended inversion strategies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 377-394

  Lebedev, Sergei ^a   Adam, Joanne M C ^a,b   Meier, Thomas ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inversion; Love wave; Model space; Mohorovi i discontinuity; Rayleigh wave; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; INVERSION; LOVE WAVE; MODEL SPACES; PRIORI INFORMATION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SURFACE WAVE;

COMMERCE; ERRORS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SURFACE WAVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LOVE WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84889083123     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.12.030     Document Type: Review

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