Estimation of causative fault parameters of the Rudbar earthquake of June 20, 1990 from near field SH-wave data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-70

  Sarkar, I ^a   Hamzehloo, H ^b   Khattri, K N ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Causative fault; Rudbar earthquake; SH wave

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

IRAN; RUDBAR;

EID: 0037468857     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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