Detecting slow, long-duration slip of large earthquakes using very long-period orbital surface waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 483-501

  Li, Xiao Qing ^a   Nábělek, John ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Source time functions; Spectral analysis; Surface waves; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SLIP; SOURCE TIME FUNCTION; SURFACE WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029769232     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb07033.x     Document Type: Article

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