Radiative transfer theory for estimation of the seismic moment

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1363-1372

  Sens Schonfelder C ^a   Wegler, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coda; Radiative transfer theory; Scattering; Seismic moment

Indexed keywords

CODA; EARTHQUAKE; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845329515     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03139.x     Document Type: Article

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