Attenuation models (QP and QS) in three dimensions of the southern California crust: Inferred fluid saturation at seismogenic depths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hauksson, Egill ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745756071     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003947     Document Type: Article

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