The relative amplitude method: Exploiting F-statistics from array seismograms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 813-822

  Heyburn, Ross ^a,b   Bowers, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault plane solutions; P waves; Seismology; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 34547224596     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03448.x     Document Type: Article

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