Subevent analysis for the Tabas earthquake of September 16, 1978, using near field accelerograms

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-76

  Sarkar, Irenefe ^a   SriRam, V ^b   Hamzehloo, H ^c   Khattri, K N ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^d 100 Rajendra Nagar ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Asperities; QS; Source parameters; Transverse accelerograms

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATTENUATION; EARTH (PLANET); SEISMOLOGY;

ACCELEROGRAMS; SEISMIC ENERGY; SUBEVENT ANALYSIS; TABAS EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 18844424994     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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