Body-wave attenuation near the rupture of the 1887 Sonora, México, earthquake (Mw 7.5)

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Castro, R R ^a   Huerta, C I ^a   Romero, O ^b   Jacques, C ^c   Hurtado, A ^c   Fernandez A I ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Seismic attenuation; Sonora

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 70350160361     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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