Attenuation of P- and S-waves in the Chamoli Region, Himalaya, India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1949-1966

  Sharma, Babita ^a   Teotia, S S ^b   Kumar, Dinesh ^b   Raju, P S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Chamoli; P waves; Q ; Q ; S waves

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CODA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; P-WAVE; Q FACTOR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHAMOLI; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 73649142059     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0527-9     Document Type: Article

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