Small-scale heterogeneities below the Grafenberg array, Germany from seismic wavefield fluctuations of Hindu Kush events

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 175-184

  Rothert, Elmar ^a   Ritter, Joachim R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Germany; Lateral heterogeneity; Scattering; Seismic coda

Indexed keywords

CODA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SCATTERING; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034015348     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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