Wavelet analysis of the seismograms of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and its application to tsunami early warning

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lockwood, Oliver G ^a   Kanamori, Hiroo ^b  

^a PEMBROKE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scalogram; Tsunami warning; W phase; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347239847     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001272     Document Type: Article

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