t* - An unsuitable parameter to characterize anelastic attenuation in the Eastern Carpathians

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1139-1150

  Weidle, Christian ^a   Wenzel, F ^b   Ismail Zadeh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Eastern Carpathians; P waves; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

MODELING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34548129155     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03441.x     Document Type: Article

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