Inversion of surface wave spectra for source parameters of large earthquakes using aspherical earth models

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-350

  Zhang, Jiajun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICAL EARTH MODEL; EARTHQUAKE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 0032507566     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00080-6     Document Type: Article

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