Effect of the data recorded at nearby stations on earthquake relative location

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1123-1130

  Zhang, Tian Zhong ^a   Wu, Bater ^b   Huang, Yuan ^a   Jiang, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF DISASTER PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Absolute location; Double difference algorithm; Earthquake relative location; Nearby station

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EID: 38849186064     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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