Radial modes from the great 1994 Bolivian earthquake: No evidence for an isotropic component to the source

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-434

  Okal, Emile A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIAN EARTHQUAKE 1994; ISOTROPIC COMPONENT; RADIAL MODE; SEISMICITY;

BOLIVIA;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICS;

DEEP EARTHQUAKES; ISOTROPIC SOURCES; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIAL MODE; SPECTRAL LINE; TRADE OFF;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0029769819     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00375     Document Type: Article

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