Epicenter estimation using erroneous crustal model(s) and skew regional networks

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 303-319

  Jih, Rong Song ^a  

^a DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive method; Seismic location; Skew geometry; Triangulation; Unbiased azimuth estimation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MODEL;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; SEISMOMETRY; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 0033370618     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00009-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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