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Phase velocity determination of fundamental Love and Rayleigh waves

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A detailed description is given of a data analysis procedure for phase velocity determination from long period seismograms.

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  1. Istituto di Geodesia e Geofisica, Università di Bari, 70100, Bari

    Giuliano F. Panza

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università della Calaoria, 87030, Castiglione Scalo (Cosenza), Italy

    Giuliano F. Panza

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Panza, G.F. Phase velocity determination of fundamental Love and Rayleigh waves. PAGEOPH 114, 753–763 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875785

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