A new method for determining small earthquake source parameters using short-period P waves

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1176-1195

  Tan, Ying ^a   Helmberger, Don ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; FOCAL MECHANISMS; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548099491     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060251     Document Type: Article

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