Attenuation of body waves in Southeastern Sicily (Italy)

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-279

  Giampiccolo, E ^a   Gresta, S ^b   Ganci, G ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Body waves; Frequency dependence

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; P-WAVE; Q FACTOR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 0038032027     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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