Strong scattering of short-period seismic waves by the core-mantle boundary and the P-diffracted wave

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2413-2416

  Bataille, Klaus ^a,c   Lund, Fernando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFRACTION; EARTH SCIENCES; SCATTERING; GEOPHYSICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; SHORT-PERIOD SEISMIC WAVES; STRONG SCATTERING;

SEISMIC WAVES; MULTIPLE SCATTERING;

ATTENUATION; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P DIFFRACTED WAVE; SEISMIC SCATTERING;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIFFRACTED WAVES; HETEROGENEOUS REGION; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING THEORY; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; STRONG SCATTERINGS;

EID: 0030235934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02225     Document Type: Article

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