Average attentuation of 0.7-5.0 Hz Lg waves and magnitude scale determination for the region bounding the western branch of the East African Rift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 818-830

  Ferdinand, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032412908     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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