Focal-mechanism determination in Taiwan by genetic algorithm

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 651-661

  Wu, Yih Min ^a   Zhao, Li ^b   Chang, Chien Hsin ^c   Hsu, Ya Ju ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

FOCAL-MECHANISM SOLUTIONS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; WAVEFORM TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; P-WAVE;

EID: 42949089396     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070115     Document Type: Article

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