Spatial distribution of scattering loss and intrinsic absorption of short-period S waves in the lithosphere of Japan on the basis of the Multiple Lapse Time Window Analysis of Hi-net data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 268-290

  Carcolé, Eduard ^a   Sato, Haruo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography; Wave propagation; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

JAPAN;

EID: 73049102996     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04394.x     Document Type: Article

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