Analysis of strong motion data of the Uttarkashi earthquake of 20th October 1991 and the Chamoli Earthquake of 28th March 1999 for determining the Q value and source parameters

ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-29

  Joshi, Anand ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Inversion; Q; Source spectrum

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; SOURCE SPECTRUM; STRESS DROP;

ATTENUATION; EARTHQUAKES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33750403856     PISSN: 09720405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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