Observations of frequency-dependent Sn propagation in Northern Tibet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 475-488

  Barron, Jamie ^a   Priestley, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Guided waves; Rheology: crust and lithosphere; Seismic attenuation

Indexed keywords

CODA; MOHO; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMOGRAM; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 70349989272     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04318.x     Document Type: Article

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