Long-period toroidal earth free oscillations from the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake observed by paired laser extensometers in Gran Sasso, Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 887-905

  Park, Jeffrey ^a   Amoruso, A ^b,c   Crescentini, L ^b,c   Boschi, E ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Surface waves and free oscillations; Time series analysis; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMOMETRY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN SASSO; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43449132145     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03769.x     Document Type: Article

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