seismic tomography

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seismic tomography [′sīz‚mik tō′mäg·rə·fē]

(geophysics)

The estimation of seismic wave velocities throughout a region of interest from the travel times of either transmitted or reflected waves, generally through numerical models and iterative procedures.

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