Investigating discrepancies among measurements of traveling and standing wave attenuation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24529-24544

  Durek, Joseph J ^a   Ekström, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TRAVELLING WAVE;

EID: 0031417942     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02160     Document Type: Article

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