Some Receiver-Function Related References

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Receiver Functions

Ammon, C. J., The isolation of receiver effects from teleseismic P waveforms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 2504-2510, 1991.

Ammon, C. J., G. E. Randall and G. Zandt, On the non-uniqueness of receiver function inversions, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 15303-15318, 1990.

Ammon, C. J., and G. Zandt, The receiver structure beneath the southern Mojave Block, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 83, 737-755, 1993.

Burdick, L. J., and C. A. Langston, Modeling crustal structure through the use of converted phases in teleseismic body-wave forms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67, 677-691, 1977.

Cassidy, J. F., A comparison of the receiver structure beneath stations of the Canadian Seismograph Network, Ca. J. Earth Sci., 938-951, 1995.

Cassidy, J. F., and R. M. Ellis, S wave velocity structure of the norther Cascadia subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res., 4407-4421, 1993.

Dueker, K. G., and A. F. Sheehan, Mantle discontinuity structure from mid-point stacks of converted P to S waves across the Yellowstone Hotspot Track, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 1996.

Gurrola, H., Minster, J. B., Owens, T., The use of velocity spectrum for stacking receiver functions and imaging upper mantle discontinuities, Geophysical Journal International, 117 (2), p. 427-440, 1994 (See also: Kosarev, G., Petersen, N., Vinnik, L., Gurrola, H., Minster, J. B., Owens, T., The use of velocity spectrum for stacking receiver functions and imaging upper mantle discontinuities; discussion and reply, Geophysical Journal International, 124 (2), p. 637-646, 1996).

Gurrola, Harold, Baker, G. Eli, Minster, J. Bernard, Simultaneous time-domain deconvolution with application to the computer of receiver functions, Geophysical Journal International, 120 (3), p. 537-543, 1995. (See also: Sacchi, Mauricio D., Ulrych, Tadeusz J., Gurrola, Harold, Baker, G. Eli, Minster, J. Bernard, Simultaneous time-domain deconvolution with application to the computation of receiver functions; discussion and reply, Geophysical Journal International, 127 (1), p. 253-255, 1996.)

Langston, C. A., The effect of planar dipping structure on source and receiver responses for constant ray parameter, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67, 1029-1050, 1977.

Langston, C. A., Structure under Mount Rainier, Washington, inferred from teleseismic body waves, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 4749-4762, 1979.

Langston, C. A., Evidence for the subducting lithosphere under southern Vancouver Island and western Oregon from teleseismic P wave conversions, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 3857-3866, 1981.

Langston, C. A., An integrated study of crustal structure and regional wave propagation for southeastern Missouri, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 84, 105-118, 1994.

Mangino, S. G., G. Zandt and C. J. Ammon, The receiver structure beneath Mina, Nevada, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 83, 542-560, 1993.

Owens, T. J., Crustal structure of the Adirondacks determined from broadband teleseismic waveform modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 6391-6401, 1987.

Owens, T. J., R. S. Crosson and M. A. Hendrickson, Constraints on the subduction geometry beneath western Washington from broadband teleseismic waveform modeling, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 1319-1334, 1988.

Owens, T. J., S. R. Taylor and G. Zandt, Crustal structure at regional seismic test network stations determined from inversion of broadband teleseismic P waveforms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 631-632, 1987.

Owens, T. J., and G. Zandt, The response of the crust-mantle boundary observed on broadband teleseismic receiver functions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 705-708, 1985.

Owens, T. J., G. Zandt and S. R. Taylor, Seismic evidence for an ancient rift beneath the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee: A detailed analysis of broadband teleseismic P waveforms, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 7783-7795, 1984.

Phinney, R. A., Structure of the Earth's crust from spectral behaviour of long-period body waves, J. Geophys. Res., 69, 2997-3017, 1964.

Randall, G. E., Efficient calculation of differential seismograms for lithospheric receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 469-481, 1989.

Randall, G. E., and T. J. Owens, Array analysis of the large-aperture array of the 1988-89 PASSCAL Basin and Range Passive-Source Seismic experiment, Geophys. J. Int., 116, 618-636, 1994.

Savage, M. K., Lower crustal anisotropy or dipping layers? A single-station method and a case study near the San Andreas Fault, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 1996.

Savage, M.K., Lower Crustal anisotropy or dipping layers? Effects on receiver functions and a case study in New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 103 (no. 7), 15,069-15,089, 1998.

Sheehan, A. F., G. A. Abers, A. L. Lerner-Lam and C. H. Jones, Crustal thickness variations across the Rocky Mountain Front from teleseismic receiver functions, submitted, J. Geophys. Res., 1994.

Zandt, G., and T. J. Owens, Comparison of crustal velocity profiles determined by seismic refraction and teleseismic methods, Tectonophysics, 128, 155-161, 1986.

Zandt, G., and G. E. Randall, Observations of shear-coupled P-waves, Geophys. Res. Letters, 12, 565-568, 1985.

Zandt, G., and C. J. Ammon, Continental Crustal composition constrained by measurements of crustal Poisson's ratio, Nature, 374, 152-154, 1995.

Deconvolution

Clayton, R. W., and R. A. Wiggins, Source shape estimation and deconvolution of teleseismic body waves, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 47, 151-177, 1976.

Helmberger, D., and R. A. Wiggins, Upper mantle structure of the mid-western United States, J. Geophys. Res., 76, 3229-3245, 1971.

Oldenburg, D. W., A comprehensive solution to the linear deconvolution problem, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 65, 331-357, 1981.

Treitel, S., and L. R. Lines, Linear inverse theory and deconvolution, Geophys., 47, 1153-1159, 1982.

Calculating Seismograms & Differential Seismograms

Kennett, B. L. N., Seismic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 342 pages, 1983.

Langston, C. A., The effect of planar dipping structure on source and receiver responses for constant ray parameter, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 67, 1029-1050, 1977.

Randall, G. E., Efficient calculation of differential seismograms for lithospheric receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 469-481, 1989.

Randall, G. E., Efficient calculation of complete differential seismograms for laterally homogeneous earth models, Geophys. J. Int., 118, 245-254, 1994.

Least-Squares Modeling and Geophysical Inverse Theory

Ammon, C. J., G. E. Randall and G. Zandt, On the non-uniqueness of receiver function inversions, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 15303-15318, 1990.

Constable, S. C., R. L. Parker and C. G. Constable, Occam's inversion: A practical algorithm for generating smooth models from electromagnetic sounding data, Geophys., 52, 289-300, 1987.

Gill, P. E., W. Murray and M. H. Wright, Practical Optimization, Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, 401 pages, 1981.

Golub, G. H., and C. F. Van Loan, Matrix Computations, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 476 pages, 1983.

Jackson, D. D., Interpretation of inaccurate, insufficient, and inconsistent data, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 28, 97-109, 1972.

Jackson, D. D., The use of a priori data to resolve non-uniquess in linear inversion, Gephys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 57, 137-157, 1979.

Lawson, C. L., and D. J. Hanson, Solving Least Squares Problems, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, pages, 1974.

Lines, L. R., and S. Treitel, A review of least-squares inversion and its application to geophysical problems, Geophys. Prospecting, 32, 159-186, 1984.

Menke, W., Geophysical Data Analysis, Discrete Inverse Theory, Academic, San Diego, CA, pages, 1984.

Parker, R. L., Understanding inverse theory, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 5, 35-64, 1977.

Parker, R. L., Geophysical Inverse Theory, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 386 pages, 1994.