Defocusing of teleseismic P-waves by the Tonga-Kermadec slab

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2785-2788

  Suetsugu, Daisuke ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SLAB MILLS;

TELESEISMIC WAVES; TONGA-KERMADEC SLAB;

SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES;

P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES; AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAPH; DISTANCE RANGES; FOCAL DEPTH; LOWER MANTLE; NEGATIVE AMPLITUDES; TELESEISMIC;

EID: 0033568904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL005307     Document Type: Article

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