A new spectral ratio method using narrow band coda envelopes: Evidence for non-self-similarity in the Hector Mine sequence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Mayeda, Kevin ^a   Malagnini, Luca ^b   Walter, William R ^c  

^a Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DATABASE SYSTEMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE RATIO STANDARD DEVIATION; CODA SPECTRAL RATIO METHOD; DATASETS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLITUDE; CODA; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE 1999; S-WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547988383     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030041     Document Type: Article

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