S-waves attenuation and separation of scattering and intrinsic absorption of seismic energy in southeastern Sicily (Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-222

  Giampiccolo, E ^a   Tuve T ^a   Gresta, S ^b   Patane D ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Attenuation; Coda normalization method; Multiple lapse time window analysis (MLTWA); Scattering; Southeastern Sicily

Indexed keywords

S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645075434     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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