Surface wave propagation in central Asia: Observations of scattering and multipathing with the Kyrgyzstan broadband array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8437-8455

  Pavlis, Gary L ^a   Mahdi, Hanan ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SURFACE WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA, TIBET; CHINA, XINJIANG, LOP NOR; TURKMENISTAN, ASHKHABAD;

EID: 0029753262     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03449     Document Type: Article

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