Body waveform modeling of east Mediterranean earthquakes at intermediate distances (17°-30°) with a Gaussian beam summation method

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 28813-28828

  Leborgne, Sébastien ^a,b   Madariaga, Raül ^b,c   Farra, Véronique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 17544405240     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900197     Document Type: Article

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