Observations and origin of Rayleigh-wave amplitude anomalies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 691-699

  Van Der Lee, S ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Amplitude anomalies; Near field; Northridge; Propagation corridors; Rayleigh wave; Rayleigh waves; Seismic method; Source mechanism

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 0032439304     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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