Shear wave structure from joint analysis of seismic and seafloor compliance data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 514-520

  Hulme, Tom ^a   Ricolleau, Angéle ^a   Bazin, Sara ^a   Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Singh, S C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Anelasticity; Attenuation; Oceanic crust; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344035452     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02061.x     Document Type: Article

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