On the nature of Pn

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B7, 2000, Pages 16173-16180

  Tittgemeyer, Marc ^a,b   Wenzel, Friedemann ^a   Fuchs, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0000062756     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900061     Document Type: Article

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