Open AccessAn Example of the Iterative Approach to Time‐Term Analysis
Author(s) -
Bamford S. A. D.
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.tb06508.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , interpretation (philosophy) , iterative and incremental development , computer science , geology , process (computing) , geophysics , seismology , physics , quantum mechanics , software engineering , programming language , operating system
Summary Many criticisms of the time‐term approach to the interpretation of crustal refraction data have referred to examples of the method in which there was a failure to adopt the necessary iterative process of solution; it has been suggested that this failure is due to a lack of attention to the definitions of the method. In this paper, these definitions are reviewed and the iteration process is first described, and then applied to data obtained during the 1963 Lake Superior seismic experiment. As a result of this re‐interpretation, the suggestion that the time‐term method is not appropriate for studies of the mantle beneath continents is refuted.