Estimating the size of an earthquake using short-period seismograms of the first three seconds: A simulated experiment using the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake sequence

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-147

  Xu, Yang ^a   Wu, Zhong Liang ^a,b   Jiang, Chang Sheng ^a   Yu, Yan Xiang ^a   Yang, Jian Si ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

c measurement; Earthquake early warning system; Pd measurement; Short period recording

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049092688     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-008-0005-y     Document Type: Article

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