High-Frequency Attenuation in the Crust and Upper Mantle of the Northern Tien Shan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-238

  Martynov, Vladislav G ^a   Vernon, Frank L ^b   Mellors, Robert J ^c   Pavlis, Gary L ^d  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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