Three-dimensional attenuation structure of central and southern South Island, New Zealand, from local earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   Chadwick, Mark ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; HETEROGENEITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE ATTENUATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 55349109311     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005359     Document Type: Article

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