Understanding the differences between three teleseismic mb scales

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1809-1824

  Granville, John P ^a   Richards, Paul G ^a   Kim, Won Young ^a   Sykes, Lynn R ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; POLES AND ZEROS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BODY WAVE MAGNITUDE; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAMS; PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF EPICENTER (PDE); TELESEISMIC;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 28144454429     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040159     Document Type: Article

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