Source parameters of microearthquakes at Mount St Helens (USA)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1193-1223

  Tusa, Giuseppina ^a   Brancato, Alfonso ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^a   Malone, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Helens; Microearthquakes; Source parameters; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT SLIP; MICROEARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOGRAM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33747614808     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03025.x     Document Type: Article

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