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Title: Inferring global upper-mantle shear attenuation structure by waveform tomography using the spectral element method

Journal Article · · Geophysical Journal International
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy030· OSTI ID:1543959
 [1];  [2]
  1. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1 Rue Jussieu F-752382 Paris Cedex 05, France
  2. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1 Rue Jussieu F-752382 Paris Cedex 05, France; Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, F-75005 Paris, France; Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Not provided.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1543959
Journal Information:
Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 213, Issue 3; ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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