Seismic Propagation in the Kuriles/Kamchatka Region

• Main Authors: Hart, R. S., Kaufman, S. K.
• Other Authors: SIERRA GEOPHYSICS INC ARCADIA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Seismology; *SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY; PROPAGATION; PROFILES; EARTH CRUST; RAY TRACING; EARTH MANTLE; PACIFIC OCEAN ISLANDS; LITHOSPHERE; KAMCHATKA PENINSULA; LITHOSPHERIC SLABS; KURILE ISLANDS; Kamchatka Peninsula; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA088671; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA088671

An analysis of seismic propagation in the crust and upper mantle of the Kuriles/Kamchatka region has been completed in support of the MSS site evaluation. Both three-dimensional ray tracing techniques and generalized ray theory methods have been utilized to model the propagation through a highly com...