Three-dimensional attenuation structure beneath the northeastern Japan arc estimated from spectra of small earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-260

  Tsumura, N ^a   Matsumoto, S ^a   Horiuchi, S ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D structure; Attenuation; Northeastern Japan arc; Q value

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPECTRA; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033936330     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00297-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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