Measurement and implications of frequency dependence of attenuation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Lekić, Ved ^a   Matas, Jan ^b   Panning, Mark ^c   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption band models; normal modes; seismic attenuation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND MODELS; DATA-SETS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; FREE OSCILLATIONS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; LATERAL VARIATIONS; NORMAL MODES; POWER LAWS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SURFACE WAVE ATTENUATIONS; VELOCITY DISPERSIONS; VELOCITY MODELS;

ABSORPTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MODELING; POWER LAW; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 67349139606     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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