Lateral variations of Lg coda Q in Southern Mexico

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-599

  Yamamoto, Jaime ^a   Quintanar, Luis ^a   Herrmann, Robert B ^b   Fuentes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coda Q; Southern Mexico

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CODA; LG PHASE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030664152     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050042     Document Type: Article

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