Estimation of S-wave scattering coefficient in the mantle from envelope characteristics before and after the ScS arrival

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Lee, Won Sang ^a   Sato, Haruo ^b   Lee, Kiehwa ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SCATTERING; SURFACE WAVES;

MANTLE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CODA; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 1642617805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018413     Document Type: Article

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