Source parameters of the December 15, 1993 Tapu earthquake from first-P motions and waveforms

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-250

  Huang, Bor Shouh ^a   Chen, Kou Cheng ^a   Yeh, Yeong Tein ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Source mechanism; Strong motion waveform; Tapu earthquake

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TAPU EARTHQUAKE 1993;

TAIWAN, TAPU;

EID: 0030324595     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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