A neural-tree-based system for automatic location of earthquakes in Northeastern Italy

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-89

  Gentili, S ^a   Bragato, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute accuracy; Automatic picking; Earthquake location; Italy; Neural tree

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; WARNING SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745038942     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-005-9001-z     Document Type: Article

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