High-frequency P- and S-wave attenuation in the earth

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 273-310

  Der, Zoltan A ^a  

^a ENSCO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Body waves; High frequency; Seismic

Indexed keywords

TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0032423674     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8711-3_4     Document Type: Article

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