Frequency-dependent relocation of the 1992 Nicaragua slow earthquake: An empirical Green's function approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Ihmlé, Pierre F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Empirical Green's functions; Nicaragua; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE 1992;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0030485081     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb01536.x     Document Type: Article

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