Imaging P and S attenuation in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Region, Northern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2322-2336

  Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a   Thurber, Clifford ^b   Fletcher, Jon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; EARTHQUAKES;

DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; UPPER CRUST; WAVE ATTENUATION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SAN ANDREAS; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908108300     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120130336     Document Type: Article

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