Source parameters of the Gonghe, Qinghai Province, China, earthquake from inversion of digital broadband waveform data

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-159

  Xu, Li Sheng ^a   Chen, Yun Tai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Broadband waveform data; Digital; Gonghe earthquake; Source parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000095125     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-997-0084-1     Document Type: Article

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