Retrieval of source parameters of an event of the 2000 West Bohemia earthquake swarm assuming an anisotropic crust

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-254

  Rossler D ^a   Kruger F ^a   Psencik I ^b   Rumpker G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Seismic anisotropy; Seismic source; Tensile faulting; West Bohemia

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MODELING; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLIP; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249740748     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-007-0012-9     Document Type: Article

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