Attenuation of Lg in the western US using the USArray

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Phillips, W Scott ^a   Stead, Richard J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; BASIN-AND-RANGE; COLUMBIA; LATERAL VARIATIONS; SHEAR ZONES; SIERRA NEVADA; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D); VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; VOLCANOLOGY;

BITTERROOT RANGE; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLUMBIA PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549101677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032926     Document Type: Article

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