Seismic attenuation structure in central Mexico: Image of a focused high-attenuation zone in the mantle wedge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Ting ^a   Clayton, Robert W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; DEHYDRATION; FLUID FLOW; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMOGRAM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPORAL RECORD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VOLCANIC BELT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 70349687447     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005964     Document Type: Article

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