Residence time of diffuse waves in the crust as a physical interpretation of coda Q: Application to seismograms recorded in Mexico

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 343-352

  Margerin, L ^a   Campillo, M ^a   Shapiro, N M ^b   Van Tiggelen, B ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coda; Diffusion; Multiple scattering; Q; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE; LITHOSPHERE; RESIDENCE TIME; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032737781     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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