Sedimentary thickness variations in the Indo-Gangetic foredeep from inversion of receiver functions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2257-2265

  Srinivas, D ^a   Srinagesh, D ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Ravi Kumar, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND SEISMIC STATIONS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; NEIGHBORHOOD ALGORITHM; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; STRONG GROUND MOTION; THICKNESS VARIATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

VELOCITY;

ALGORITHM; BROADBAND DATA; DATA INVERSION; FOREARC BASIN; GROUND MOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; S-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRONG MOTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84881071611     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120046     Document Type: Article

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