A numerical investigation of Lg geometrical spreading

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3067-3079

  Yang, Xiaoning ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING;

GEOMETRICAL SPREADING;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; GEOMETRIC PHENOMENA; LG-WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0036946324     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020046     Document Type: Article

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