The waveform similarity approach to identify dependent events in instrumental seismic catalogues

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-108

  Barani, S ^a   Ferretti, G ^a   Massa, M ^b   Spallarossa, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Declustering; Dependent events; Statistical methods; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845993283     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03207.x     Document Type: Article

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