Comparison of mid-oceanic earthquake epicentral differences of travel time, centroid locations, and those determined by autonomous underwater hydrophone arrays

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Pan, Jianfeng ^a   Dziewonski, Adam M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OCEAN BASIN;

EID: 25444514238     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002785     Document Type: Article

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