Sediment thicknesses and Qs vs. Qp relations in the Kachchh Rift basin, Gujarat, India using Sp converted phases

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-160

  Mandal, Prantik ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Converted phases; Quality factors; Sedimentary basin; Thickness of sediments

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; CORRELATION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847414053     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0158-3     Document Type: Article

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