Improved 2-D attenuation analysis for Northern Italy using a merged dataset from selected regional seismic networks

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-738

  Morasca, Paola ^a   Massa, Marco ^b   Laprocina, Enrica ^c   Mayeda, Kevin ^d   Phillips, Scott ^e   Malagnini, Luca ^b   Spallarossa, Daniele ^a   Costa, Giovanni ^c   Augliera, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coda waves; Northern Italy; Seismic attenuation tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CODA; COMPLEXITY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; Q FACTOR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALPS; APENNINES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 77957225248     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9194-7     Document Type: Article

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