Q for P waves in the sediments of the Virginia Coastal Plain

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2022-2032

  Chapman, M C ^a   Beale, J N ^a   Catchings, R D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEISMOLOGY;

COASTAL PLAINS; P WAVES; VIRGINIA;

SEDIMENTATION;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMPACT STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STACKING; TERTIARY; TROUGH;

CHARLESTON; CHESAPEAKE BAY; MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 50549097126     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070170     Document Type: Article

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