Implications of a composite source model and seismic-wave attenuation for the observed simplicity of small earthquakes and reported duration of earthquake initiation phase

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1171-1181

  Singh, S K ^a   Ordaz, M ^a   Mikumo, T ^a   Pacheco, J ^a   Valdes C ^a   Mandal, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EID: 0032459772     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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