Complex scattering within D" observed on the very dense Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment passive array

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1855-1858

  Kohler, M D ^a   Vidale, J E ^a   Davis, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; GEOPHYSICS;

LOS ANGELES REGION SEISMIC EXPERIMENT (LARSE) PASSIVE ARRAY; SEISMIC WAVE SCATTERING; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY;

TECTONICS; SEISMOLOGY;

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; D' LAYER; LOS ANGELES REGION SEISMIC EXPERIMENT; MANTLE; SEISMIC SCATTERING;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEEP EARTHQUAKES; HIGHER RESOLUTION; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031200933     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01823     Document Type: Article

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