Rupture length and velocity for earthquakes in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from directivity effect in body and surface waves

Tectonophysics

Volumn 433, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 65-79

  Pro, C ^a   Buforn, E ^b   Udias A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault lengths; Mid Atlantic and Iceland earthquakes; Rayleigh and body waves directivity; Rupture velocity

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SH-WAVE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SURFACE WAVE; TRANSFORM FAULT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 33947121132     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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