Small-scale lateral variations in D" attenuation and velocity structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Fisher, Jesse L ^a   Wysession, Michael E ^a   Fischer, Karen M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELASTICITY; VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARIES (CMB); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; QUALITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

GEOPHYSICS; VELOCITY;

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0041883663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016179     Document Type: Article

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