A two-dimensional spectral-element method for computing spherical-earth seismograms - I. Moment-tensor source

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1067-1092

  Nissen meyer, Tarje ^a   Fournier, Alexandre ^b   Dahlen, F A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic wave theory; Finite element methods; Global seismology; Numerical techniques; Seismic wave propagation; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; ELASTIC WAVE; ELASTODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33847773182     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03121.x     Document Type: Article

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