Lg coda Q variations across South America and their relation to crustal evolution

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 587-612

  De Souza, J L ^a   Mitchell, B J ^b  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coda; Crust; Lg; Q; South America

Indexed keywords

CODA; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032409624     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050209     Document Type: Article

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