Frequency-dependent attenuation of P waves and estimation of earthquake source parameters in Southeastern Sicily, Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2772-2794

  Tusa, Giuseppina ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DROPS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CONSTANT STRESS; DIGITAL RECORDINGS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCES; FOCAL DEPTHS; FOURIER; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENUATIONS; HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCES; LOCAL MAGNITUDES; NEAR SURFACES; NORMALIZATION METHODS; P WAVES; P- AND S-WAVES; PATH ATTENUATIONS; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; QUALITY FACTORS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC MOMENTS; SOURCE DIMENSIONS; SOURCE MODELS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STATIC STRESS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63049087359     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080105     Document Type: Article

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