Scattering of high-frequency P wavefield derived by dense Hi-net array observations in japan and computer simulations of seismic wave propagations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 421-436

  Takemura, Shunsuke ^a   Furumura, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body waves; Computational seismology; Wave propagation; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMOGRAPHS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VELOCITY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BODY WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; FINITEDIFFERENCE METHODS (FDM); FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WAVE SCATTERING AND DIFFRACTIONS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BODY WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84876826601     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs127     Document Type: Article

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