Estimation of Q-values in the seismogenic and aseismic layers in the Kinki Region, Japan, by elimination of the geometrical spreading effect using ray approximation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1498-1515

  Petukhin, Anatoly ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^b   Ohmi, Shiro ^b   Kagawa, Takao ^a  

^a GEO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; ERROR ANALYSIS; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVES;

ASEISMIC ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY;

BOREHOLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMETRIC PHENOMENA; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOMETRY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI;

EID: 0242274274     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020205     Document Type: Article

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