Propagation characteristics of Lg across the Tibetan Plateau

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 457-469

  McNamara, D E ^a,b   Owens, T J ^b   Walter, W R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LG PHASE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0030304932     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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