Lateral variations of coda Q and attenuation of seismic waves in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Morsy, Mamdouh A ^a   El Hady, Sherif ^a   Mahmoud, Salah M ^a   Awad, Enayat Abdel Moneim ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coda Q; Seismic wave

Indexed keywords

CODA; CRUST; FAULT ZONE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SHALLOW WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED BASIN [UNITED STATES]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871972813     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0302-y     Document Type: Article

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