Magnitude scaling relations from P-waves in southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Tsang, Louisa L H ^a,b   Allen, Richard M ^a   Wurman, Gilead ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE-MAGNITUDE; PERIOD-MAGNITUDE; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; P-WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249006375     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031077     Document Type: Article

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