Lg Coda Q in Australia and its relation to crustal structure and evolution

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 639-653

  Mitchell, B J ^a   Baqer, S ^a   Akinci, A ^a   Cong, L ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Australia; Coda; Crust; Lg; Q

Indexed keywords

CODA; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032423557     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050211     Document Type: Article

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