A precise hypocenter determination method using network correlation coefficients and its application to deep low-frequency earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 877-882

  Ohta, Kazuaki ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross correlation coefficient; Low frequency earthquakes; Nankai subduction zone; Precise hypocenter determination; Tokai region

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANKAI; TIANJIN;

EID: 53849127521     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352840     Document Type: Article

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