Single-station location of seismic events: A review and a plea for more research

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 277-291

  Frohlich, Cliff ^a   Pulliam, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); Seismic events; Single station location methods (SSL)

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; SEISMOMETRY;

EID: 0033396016     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00055-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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