Improved focal-depth determination through automated identification of the seismic depth phases pP and sP

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 1213-1229

  Murphy, J R ^a   Barker, B W ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

QUANTITATIVE STATISTICAL MEASURE; SEISMIC BULLETINS; SEISMIC DEPTH PHASES; SEISMIC ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 33748080755     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050259     Document Type: Article

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