Determination of the polynomial moments of the seismic moment rate density distribution with positivity constraints

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Das, S ^a   Kostrov, B V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Body waves; Inverse problem; Polynomial moments; Seismology; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; INVERSE PROBLEM; POLYNOMIAL MOMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031429077     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00598.x     Document Type: Article

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