Inversion of travel-time data for earthquake locations and three-dimensional velocity structure in the Eureka Valley area, eastern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 796-810

  Asad, A M ^a   Pullammanappallil, S K ^b   Anooshehpoor, A ^b   Louie, J N ^b  

^a CGG   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032744121     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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