The 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake: Investigation of rupture velocity, risetime, and high-frequency radiation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 20091-20108

  Hartzell, Stephen ^a,c   Liu, Pengcheng ^b   Mendoza, Carlos ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; RISE TIME; RUPTURE VELOCITY; STRONG MOTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, NORTHRIDGE;

EID: 0030423731     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01883     Document Type: Article

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