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Zelt et al. 1999
Zelt, C.A., Hojka, A.M., Flueh, E.R. and McIntosh, K.D. (1999). 3D simultaneous seismic refraction and reflection tomography of wide-angle data from the Central Chilean Margin. Geophysical Research Letters 26: doi: 10.1029/1999GL900545. issn: 0094-8276.

We present an application of three-dimensional (3D) simultaneous seismic refraction and reflection tomography for velocity and interface structure. The inversion technique and method for developing the starting model are specifically designed for relatively sparse wide-angle data acquired across strongly-varying structure. The data were recorded in a region of seamount subduction on the Chilean margin and consist of seven receivers and ten intersecting airgun profiles over a 90¿90 km area providing constraint to 25 km depth. The tomographic method and the final model are assessed through a comparison with the large-scale geologic features of the margin and a resolution test. The 3D model shows the Valparaiso forearc basin, the accretionary wedge, the subducting plate, and possibly a subducted seamount. Our results show the potential of relatively sparse 3D wide-angle data. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Mathematical Geophysics, Inverse theory, Seismology, Theory and modeling, Tectonophysics, Continental margins and sedimentary basins
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Geophysical Research Letters
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