Determination of the fault plane using a single near-field seismic station with a finite-dimension source model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 801-808

  Legrand, D ^a,b   Delouis, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Maison Franco Japonaise   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Earthquake source mechanism; Erzincan earthquake; Fault plane solutions; Seismograms; Strong ground motion; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 0032718161     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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