Regional waveform propagation in the Arabian Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20221-20235

  Mellors, Robert J ^a   Camp, Victor E ^a   Vernon, Frank L ^b   Al Amri, Abdullah M S ^c   Ghalib, Ali ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 2542592094     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900187     Document Type: Article

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