Spatial variation of lithospheric heterogeneity on the globe as revealed from transverse amplitudes of short-period teleseismic P-waves

earth, planets and space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Kubanza, Mungiya ^a   Nishimura, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Haruo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; lithosphere; seismicity; tectonics; teleseismic P wave; transverse amplitude

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 33947540568     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352618     Document Type: Article

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