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Dr. Colin J. Thomson
Office: Bruce Wing 554
Phone: (613) 533-6178,
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E-mail: thomson@geol.queensu.ca

Department of Geological Sciences
    & Geological Engineering,

Miller Hall, Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario,
K7L 3N6




10. Accuracy and efficiency considerations for wide-angle wavefield extrapolators and scattering operators
Thomson, C., Geophys. J. Int., vol. 163, pp. 308-323, 2005.



9. Coherent-state analysis of the seismic head-wave problem: an overcomplete representation and its relationship to rays and beams,
Thomson, C., Geophys. J. Int., vol. 157, pp.1189-1205, 2004.



8. Lithospheric structure and composition of the Archean Western Superior Province from seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection and gravity modeling,
Musacchio et al., J. Geophys. Res., vol. 109, B03304, March 2004.



NOTE: Large pdf file may take time to download (60MB)

Gemma Musacchio was a Research Associate at Queen's, now on faculty in Milano. Please contact her or Don White for hardcopy journal reprints.

7. A one--way wave equation for modelling seismic waveform variations due to elastic anisotropy,
Angus, Thomson & Pratt, Geophys. J. Int., vol. 156, pp.595-614, 2004.




6. Seismic heterogeneity and anisotropy in the Western Superior Province, Canada: Insights into the evolution of an Archaean craton,
Kendall, Sol, et al., In: Fowler, C. M. R. et al. (eds.), The Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 199, 2002, in press.
For reprints contact Mike Kendall (see left margin).


5. Complex rays and wave packets for decaying signals in inhomogeneous, anisotropic and anelastic media,
Thomson, Studia geoph. et geod., Special Issue (ray methods), 2002.
Reprinted from Thomson, Studia geoph. et geod., vol 41, pp.345-381, 1997.

complxr.zip (zip file containing original ps/jpg files of text and 6 figures - 4.3MB, use unzip/pkunzip to restore)


4. Seismic tomographic images of the cratonic upper mantle beneath the Western Superior Province of the Canadian Shield -- a remnant Archean slab?
by S. Sol et al., Phys. Earth Planet. Int., vol. 134, pp.53-69, November 2002




3. Seismic coherent states and ray geometrical spreading.
Thomson, Geophys. J. Int'l., vol 144, pp.320-342, 2001.




2. Shear wave splitting observations in the Archean Craton of Western Superior.
Kay, Sol, et al., Geophys. Res. Letters, v.26, pp.2669-2672, 1999




1. The "gap" between seismic ray theory and "full" wavefield extrapolation.
Thomson, Geophys. J. Int'l., v.137, pp.364-380, 1999.

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