An improved UK local magnitude scale from analysis of shear and Lg-wave amplitudes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 593-601

  Booth, David C ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; S waves; Statistical methods; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LG-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247270945     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03324.x     Document Type: Article

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