A composite source model of the 1994 Northridge earthquake using genetic algorithms

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 1 SUPPL. B, 1996, Pages

  Zeng, Yuehua ^a   Anderson, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SOURCE MODEL; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; RUPTURE MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030482851     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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