Simultaneous inversion of hypocentral parameters and structure velocity of the Central region of Madagascar as a premise for the mitigation of seismic hazard in antananarivo

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 707-730

  Rambolamanana, G ^a,c   Suhadolc, P ^b   Panza, G F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankaratra; Hypocenter location; Itasy; Madagascar; Seismic velocity model

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

MADAGASCAR, ANTANANARIVO;

EID: 0031474475     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050048     Document Type: Article

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