Crustal velocity structure of southern Guatemala using refracted and Sp converted waves

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Ligorría, Juan Pablo ^a,b,d,e   Molina, Enrique ^c,f  

^a Inst Nac de Electrificación   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Sismología   (Guatemala)

^d Saint Louis University   (United States)

^e Instituto Nacional de Electrificación   (Guatemala)

^f V   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Apparent velocity; Converted waves; Crustal structure; Guatemala

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SP WAVE;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0030854366     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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