Attenuative dispersion of P waves and crustal Q in Turkey and Germany

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-91

  Akinci, Aybige ^a,b   Mejia, Jorge ^a,c   Jemberie, Alemayehu L ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Dispersion; Germany; Q; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; P-WAVE; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; TURKEY;

EID: 0346964647     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2436-7     Document Type: Article

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