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Salsa3D Version 2 Publications

2016 BSSA paper describing SALSA3D model:

 Ballard, S., J. R. Hipp, M. L. Begnaud, C. J. Young, A. V. Encarnacao, E. P. Chael, W. S. Phillips (2016) SALSA3D – A Tomographic Model of Compressional Wave Slowness in the Earth’s Mantle For Improved Travel Time Prediction and Travel Time Prediction Uncertainty, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 106, No. 6, pp. 2900-2916, December 2016, doi: 10.1785/0120150271.

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