Regional coda Q in Costa Rica, Central America

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-287

  Gonzalez, Victor ^a,b   Persson, Leif ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Regional coda Q; Seismic attenuation; Shear wave coda decay; Single scattering; Spatial coda Q variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142282398     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009777605524     Document Type: Article

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