Accuracy of modern global earthquake catalogs

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 173-209

  Kagan, Yan Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalog completeness; Earthquake catalogs; Earthquake focal mechanisms and their uncertainties; Magnitude accuracy; Origin time and location errors

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037465143     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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