Characteristics of Lg attenuation in the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Fan, Guangwei ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal attenuation; Crustal partial melting; Lg; Lg blockage; Nuclear event discrimination; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

LG-WAVE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0037058162     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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