Prograde Rayleigh-wave motion in the valley of Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-162

  Malischewsky Auning, Peter G ^a   Lomnitz, Cinna ^b   Wuttke, Frank ^c   Saragoni, Rodolfo ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Prograde particle motion; Rayleigh waves; Valley of Mexico

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE MOTION; POISSON RATIO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXCOCO; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 33749987852     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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