Intrinsic and scattering attenuation in the crust of the Abu Dabbab area in the eastern desert of Egypt

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Abdel Fattah, Ali K ^a   Morsy, M ^a   El Hady, Sh ^a   Kim, K Y ^b   Sami, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abu Dabbab earthquakes; Attenuation; Coda wave; Egypt; Single scattering model

Indexed keywords

MICROEARTHQUAKES (MEQ); SCATTERING ATTENUATION; SEISMIC NETWORKS;

LANDFORMS;

AMPLITUDE; CODA; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MICROEARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SCATTERING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 46849121827     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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