Radial profiles of seismic attenuation in the upper mantle based on physical models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-134

  Cammarano, Fabio ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition of the mantle; Elasticity and anelasticity; Seismic attenuation; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANELASTICITY; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 53549125788     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03863.x     Document Type: Article

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