A radial model of anelasticity consistent with long-period surface-wave attenuation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 1 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 144-158

  Durek, Joseph J ^a,b   Ekström, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANELASTICITY; ATTENUATION; P WAVE; RADIAL VARIATION; S WAVE;

EID: 0030482601     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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