ET1D: New one dimensional P- and S-wave velocity models for the eastern Tennessee seismic zone

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Vlahovic, Gordana ^a   Powell, Christine A ^a   Chapman, Martin C ^b   Sibol, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENSCO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake hypocenter; Seismic velocity; Seismic zone; Tennessee; United States

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032454436     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.69.5.441     Document Type: Article

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