An estimate of shear-wave Q of the mantle wedge in Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-187

  Singh, S K ^a   Pacheco, J F ^a   Garcia D ^b   Iglesias, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE WEDGE; MEXICO; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY;

SHEAR WAVES;

MANTLE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31544433767     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050001     Document Type: Article

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