Estimation of Q for long-period (>2 sec) waves in the Los Angeles basin

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 627-638

  Olsen, K B ^a   Day, S M ^b   Bradley, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANELASTIC ATTENUATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND MOTION; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037741036     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020135     Document Type: Article

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