Seismic attenuation in northeastern Sonora, Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 722-732

  Castro, Raúl R ^a   Condori, Cristina ^a   Romero, Oscar ^b   Jacques, César ^b   Suter, Max ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FOURIER SERIES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TECTONICS;

ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCE; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 42649094107     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070062     Document Type: Article

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