Frequency-dependent attenuation of high-frequency P and S waves in the Upper Crust in Western Nagano, Japan

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 489-502

  Yoshimoto, Kazuo ^a   Sato, Haruo ^a   Iio, Yoshihisa ^b   Ito, Hisao ^b   Ohminato, Takao ^b   Ohtake, Masakazu ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Crust; Frequency dependence; High frequency seismic waves; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 0032410138     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050205     Document Type: Article

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