Open AccessLove Waves and the Structure of the Upper Mantle
Author(s) -
Ivanova Z. S.,
KeilisBorok V. I.,
Levshin A. L.,
Neigaus M. G.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1964.tb06309.x
Subject(s) - geology , interpretation (philosophy) , dispersion (optics) , surface wave , geophysics , physics , optics , philosophy , linguistics
Summary An investigation is made as to what information on the upper mantle can be obtained from Love‐wave dispersion. The method of calculation of the dispersion and intensity is based on the spectral theory of operators. The usual technique of interpretation of dispersion curves gives only a random sample from the great number of velocity‐depth curves fitting the experimental data. Some methods of restricting this number are indicated. In particular, some peculiarities of higher‐mode dispersion could be very important. An attempt at the joint interpretation of body ( S ) and surface (Love) wave data from the central part of U. S. A. is described.