Hypocenter location by pattern recognition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Nicholson, T ^a   Sambridge, M ^a   Gudmundsson, O ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrival pattern; Hypocenter determination; Numerical techniques; Teleseismic location

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0037054704     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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