Body-wave attenuation in the region of Garda, Italy

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1351-1366

  Castro, Raúl R ^a   Massa, Marco ^b   Augliera, Paolo ^b   Pacor, Francesca ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body wave attenuation; Italy; Region of Garda

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE GARDA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51049116629     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0365-1     Document Type: Article

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