Region-specific key seismic parameters for earthquakes in northern Iran

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 1383-1395

  Motazedian, Dariush ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHEAR WAVES; STRESSES;

IRAN; SEISMIC PARAMETERS; STOCHASTIC MODELING; STRESS DROP; STRONG-MOTION ACCELEROGRAMS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; STOCHASTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33748090565     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050162     Document Type: Article

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