Empirical green's function study of Loma Prieta aftershocks: Determination of stress drop

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1550 D, 1997, Pages

  Guo, H ^a   Lerner Lam, A ^a   Menke, W ^a   Hough, S E ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; GREEN FUNCTION; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031544751     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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