Simultaneous focal mechanism and stress tensor inversion using a genetic algorithm

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Loohuis, J ^a   Van Eck, T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INVERSION; STRESS TENSOR;

EID: 0042639246     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(97)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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