Determination of rupture duration and stress drop for earthquakes in New England

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-51

  Feng, Qiuchun ^a   Ebel, John E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE DURATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS DROP;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 0029767375     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.67.1.38     Document Type: Article

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