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Isotropic and Anisotropic Seismic Tomography Using Active Source and Earthquake Records pp 71–88Cite as

Full-Wave Multiscale Anisotropy Tomography in Southern California

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The Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC) operates a densely distributed seismic network in Southern California. The high-quality seismic data it provides have enabled seismologists to obtain high-resolution 3D isotropic velocity models for this region. Owing to the limitations of ray-theory assumption used in anisotropy analysis, the 3D anisotropic structure in Southern California is still poorly understood. In this chapter, we apply our full-wave tomography method to the seismically densely covered Southern California to obtain a 3D anisotropic model of this region. Reliable 3D anisotropic model can help us understand the processes of the upper mantle flow and the crustal deformation.

Originally published in [Geophysical Research Letters Dec 2014 vol. 41 8809–8817]. Published with kind permission of © 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

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Lin, YP. (2018). Full-Wave Multiscale Anisotropy Tomography in Southern California. In: Isotropic and Anisotropic Seismic Tomography Using Active Source and Earthquake Records. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5068-8_5

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