Determination of near-surface attenuation, with κ parameter, to obtain the seismic moment, stress drop, source dimension and seismic energy for microearthquakes in the Granada Basin (Southern Spain)

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-26

  Garcia Garcia J M ^a   Romacho, M D ^a   Jimenez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Granada Basin; Microearthquakes; Scaling law; Source parameters; Stress drop; parameter

Indexed keywords

MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA BASIN; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0742287832     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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