A study of the Barisakho, Georgia, earthquake of 1992 October 23 from broad-band surface and body waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 613-623

  Gomez J M ^a   Bukchin, B ^b   Madariaga, R ^a   Rogozhin, E A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake source mechanism; Inversion; Rupture propagation; Source time function; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

BARISAKHO EARTHQUAKE 1992; FOCAL MECHANISM; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

GEORGIA;

EID: 0030844952     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb04497.x     Document Type: Article

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