Estimation of coda wave attenuation for NW Himalayan region using local earthquakes

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 243-258

  Kumar, Naresh ^a   Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a   Virk, H S ^b  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coda wave; Lapse time; Northwest Himalayas; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

CODA-DECAY METHODS; LAPSE TIME WINDOWS; MAIN BOUNDARY THRUST (MBT); MAIN CENTRAL THRUST (MCT);

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 21844455276     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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