The persistence of directivity in small earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1850-1861

  Boatwright, John ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AFTERSHOCKS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA); PEAK GROUND MOTION; RUPTURE VELOCITY; SMALL EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349092050     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050228     Document Type: Article

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