Estimation of coda wave attenuation for the National Capital Region, Delhi, India using local earthquakes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-449

  Mohanty, William K ^a   Prakash, Rajesh ^b   Suresh, G ^b   Shukla, A K ^b   Yanger Walling, M ^a   Srivastava, J P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coda Q; Delhi Telemetry Network; Seismic hazard; Single backscattering model and lapse time window

Indexed keywords

CODA; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOGRAM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE ATTENUATION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64849085411     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0448-7     Document Type: Article

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