Constraints on earthquake epicentres independent of seismic velocity models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 648-654

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake location; Earthquakes; P waves; Seismology; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 1642569590     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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