Three-dimensional seismic attenuation structure around the SAFOD site, Parkfield, California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2934-2947

  Bennington, Ninfa ^a   Thurber, Cliford ^a   Roecker, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING METHODS; CALIFORNIA; CENOZOIC; EARTHQUAKE DATUM; EVENT LOCATIONS; FAULT ZONES; FLUID PATHWAYS; LOW VELOCITIES; PORTABLE ARRAYS; Q-VALUES; SALINIAN BASEMENTS; SAN ANDREAS FAULTS; SEISMIC ATTENUATIONS; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SITE RESPONSE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

BUILDINGS; CRACK CLOSURE; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DATA INVERSION; FAULT ZONE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049099031     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080175     Document Type: Article

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