Earthquake depth estimation using the F trace and associated probability

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-35

  Heyburn, Ross ^a,b   Bowers, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

HYPOCENTER DEPTH; MEDIUM-APERTURE ARRAY STATIONS; SEISMIC DISTURBANCES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HINDU KUSH; LOP NUR; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 40549089923     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070008     Document Type: Article

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