Margin architecture and seismic attenuation in the central Costa Rican forearc

Marine Geology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Zhu, J ^a   Kopp, H ^a   Papenberg, C ^a   Klaeschen, D ^a   Flueh, E R ^a   Planert, L ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modeling; D collement; Middle America Trench; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; AMPLITUDE MODELING; DECAY CURVES; DEFORMATION FRONT; FOREARC; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; OCEAN BOTTOM HYDROPHONES; QUANTITATIVE AMPLITUDE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER PLATE;

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRISMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE MARGIN; AMPLITUDE; DECOLLEMENT; HYDROPHONE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION; TRAVEL TIME;

COSTA RICA; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956395695     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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