Earthquake source parameters as inferred from the body waveform modeling, southern Turkey

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 469-499

  Yilmazturk A ^a   Burton, P W ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0033515113     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(98)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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