Three-dimensional models of P wave velocity and P-to-S velocity ratio in the southern central Andes by simultaneous inversion of local earthquake data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20237-20256

  Graeber, Frank M ^a,b   Asch, Günter ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 0033543282     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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