2D coda and direct-wave attenuation tomography in northern Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1936-1946

  Morasca, Paola ^a   Mayeda, Kevin ^b   Gök, Rengin ^c   Phillips, W Scott ^d   Malagnini, Luca ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTHERN ITALY;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AMPLITUDE; CODA; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; MICROEARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50549089236     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070089     Document Type: Article

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