Seismic channel waves in the accretionary prism of the Middle America Trench

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Shapiro, N M ^a,b   Campillo, M ^a   Singh, S K ^b   Pacheco, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SURFACE WAVES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DISPERSED WAVETRAIN; FAULT ZONE TRAPPED WAVES; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; SEISMIC CHANNEL WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL PLATE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; TRENCH;

PACIFIC, MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH;

EID: 0031834528     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03492     Document Type: Article

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