Q of Lg waves in the central Mexican volcanic belt

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1259-1266

  Singh, S K ^a   Iglesias, A ^a   Garcia D ^b   Pacheco, J F ^a   Ordaz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

COASTAL EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANIC BELT;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 34548070501     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060171     Document Type: Article

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