Observability of the isotropic component of a moment tensor

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 525-544

  Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body waves; Deep focus earthquakes; Earthquake source mechanism; Global seismology; Normal modes; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE; ISOTROPIC COMPONENT; MOMENT TENSOR; NODAL MODE; SOURCE MECHANISM; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 0030479379     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05308.x     Document Type: Article

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