Estimation of Sedimentary Thickness in Kachchh Basin, Gujarat Using SP Converted Phase

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1247-1257

  Chopra, Sumer ^a   Rao, K M ^a   Rastogi, B K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

attenuation; converted phase; Sediment thickness

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAPH; CONVERTED PHASE; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; NATURAL EARTHQUAKE; P- AND S-WAVES; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; STRONG MOTION; TRAVEL TIME; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEISMOGRAPHS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRONG MOTION; TRAVEL TIME;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 77957749962     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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