Influence of depth, focal mechanism, and tectonic setting on the shape and duration of earthquake source time functions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B6, 2001, Pages 11137-11150

  Houston, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0034937102     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900468     Document Type: Article

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