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The inversion of surface wave data

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Observations of surface waves depend both on the structure traversed and the nature of the source, and therefore inversion of surface wave data can yield information about both structure and sources. The available methods for structural inversion are compared and discussed and a suggestion made for improved source inversion.

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  1. Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, CB3 OEZ, Cambridge, England

    B. L. N. Kennett

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Kennett, B.L.N. The inversion of surface wave data. PAGEOPH 114, 747–751 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875784

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