Source parameters of old earthquakes: Semi-automatic digitization of analog records and seismic moment assessment

Natural Hazards

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 205-220

  Teves Costa, P ^a   Borges, J F ^b   Rio, I ^a   Ribeiro, R ^a   Marreiros, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analog records; Digitization procedure; Historical earthquakes; Old seismograms; Seismic moment assessment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MOMENT TENSOR; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 0033492782     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008140908258     Document Type: Article

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