Observation of near-podal P′P′ precursors: Evidence for back scattering from the 150-220 km zone in the Earth's upper mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Tkalčić, Hrvoje ^a,b   Flanagan, Megan P ^a   Cormier, Vernon F ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Multimax Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION QUALITY FACTOR; BACK-SCATTERED ENERGY; EARTH'S UPPER MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE; NEAR-PODAL PRECURSORS; P WAVES;

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; EARTH (PLANET); RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEISMIC WAVES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33645826075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024626     Document Type: Article

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