Moment tensor inversion of ground motion from mining-induced earthquakes, Trail Mountain, Utah

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-57

  Fletcher, J B ^a   McGarr, A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; DAMS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC NETWORK; VOLUME REDUCTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

COAL MINE; GROUND MOTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MINING; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NORTH AMERICA; TRAIL MOUNTAIN MINE; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144395068     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040047     Document Type: Article

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