Broad-band Lg attenuation modelling in the Middle East

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1166-1176

  Pasyanos, Michael E ^a   Matzel, Eric M ^a   Walter, William R ^a   Rodgers, Arthur J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Body waves; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography; Wave propagation; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BODY WAVE; BROADBAND DATA; CORRELATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 66549093841     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04128.x     Document Type: Article

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