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wavenumber: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Academia - Frequency‐wavenumber elastic inversion of marine seismic data. Aug 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - Department of Physics - Complex wave number. Nov 23, 2023
Changed article title from “wave number” to “wavenumber.” Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2021
Add new Web site: Academia - Frequency‐wavenumber elastic inversion of marine seismic data. Aug 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - wavenumber. Aug 17, 2017
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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