Pn-wave observations in Costa Rica

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-182

  Quintero, Ronnie ^a   Kulhánek, Ota ^b  

^a Observ Vulcanologico Sismologico C   (Costa Rica)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Costa Rica; Pn velocity; Time term method; Travel times; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0344959569     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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