Niu, Fenglin2013-09-162013-09-162013-09-162013-09-162013-052013-09-16May 2013Liu, Huafeng. "Receiver Function Analysis and Acoustic Waveform Modeling for Imaging Earth’s Crust: New Techniques and Their Applications." (2013) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71987">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71987</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71987The crust is the outer-most layer of the earth with thickness up to 80 km. Massive seismic waveform data have enabled imaging fine crustal structures with the aid of new imaging techniques. In this thesis, I develop seismic imaging techniques to take fullapplication/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Receiver functionsAnisotropyWaveform modelingSeismologyThesis2013-09-16123456789/ETD-2013-05-428