A Bayesian nonlinear inversion of seismic body-wave attenuation factors

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 961-970

  Gao, S ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY WAVE; INVERSION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 0031414864     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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