Short-wavelength lateral variation of a D″ P-wave reflector beneath the southwestern Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4545-4548

  Yamada, A ^a   Nakanishi, I ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SURFACE WAVES; REFLECTION;

DOUBLE-ARRAY STACKING METHOD; DOUBLE ARRAYS; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; RECEIVER ARRAY; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; STACKING METHOD; THREE NETWORKS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES;

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

(SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032535272     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900188     Document Type: Article

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