Lateral variations of crustal seismic attenuation along the INDEPTH profiles in Tibet from Lg Q inversion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Xie, J ^a   Gok, R ^b,c   Ni, J ^b   Aoki, Y ^a,d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal attenuation; Crustal melting; Lg Blockage; Lg Q; Tibet

Indexed keywords

LG-WAVE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MELTING; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 11844296660     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002988     Document Type: Article

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