Determination of P-wave velocity structures, earthquake hypocenters, and focal mechanisms in the Morgan Hill region of central California

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 929-941

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a   Roecker, Steven W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal Mechanism; Hypocenter; Morgan Hill; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034549273     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.4.929(T)     Document Type: Article

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