Automatic seismic phase picking and consistent observation error assessment: Application to the Italian seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-134

  Di Stefano, Raffaele ^a,b   Aldersons, F ^c   Kissling, E ^a   Baccheschi, P ^b   Chiarabba, C ^b   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic picking system; Event location; Focal mechanism; High quality; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645059433     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02799.x     Document Type: Article

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