Empirical determination of depth-distance corrections for mb and Mw from global seismograph network stations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1451-1454

  Nolet, Guust ^a   Krueger, Steve ^b   Clouser, Robert M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Palmer High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SURFACE WAVES;

DEPTH DISTANCE CORRECTIONS; GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPH NETWORK; P WAVE AMPLITUDES;

SEISMOLOGY;

BODY WAVE MAGNITUDE; MOMENT MAGNITUDE; P WAVE; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0032076784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01094     Document Type: Article

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