Properties of seismic fault zone waves and their utility for imaging low-velocity structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12567-12585

  Ben Zion, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; LOW VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032503486     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00768     Document Type: Article

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