Correlation distance of waveforms for closely located events - I. Implication of the heterogeneous structure around the source region of the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu, Japan, earthquake (Mw = 6.9)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1255-1268

  Nakahara, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closely located events; Earthquake source region; Heterogeneous structure; Waveform correlation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE;

EID: 3142742430     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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