Joint hypocenter-velocity inversion for the eastern Tennessee seismic zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 4879-4896

  Vlahovic, Gordana ^a,d   Powell, Christine A ^a,d   Chapman, Martin C ^b   Sibol, Matthew S ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENSCO INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0004448265     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01891     Document Type: Article

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