Moment tensor inversion with single-component historical seismograms: The 1909 Benavente (Portugal) and Lambesc (France) earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 850-858

  Stich, Daniel ^a,e   Batlló, Josep ^b   Macià, Ramon ^c   Teves Costa, Paula ^d   Morales, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benavente earthquake; Historical seismograms; Lambesc earthquake; Moment tensor inversion; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULTING; MOMENT TENSOR; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOGRAM; TECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS VALLEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646575683     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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