Crustal S-wave Q estimated from ML amplitude II: Q lateral variation in China

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Wang, Su Yun ^a   Pei, Shun Ping ^b   Hearn, Thomas M ^c   Xu, Zhong Huai ^a   Ni, James F ^c   Yu, Yan Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude tomography; China continent; Seismic attenuation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOLD BELT; GRABEN; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE ATTENUATION;

ASIA; BOHAI BAY; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FENWEI FAULT ZONE; ORDOS BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SHANXI; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR; YUNNAN;

EID: 44349195004     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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