Regional earthquake location using empirical traveltimes in a region of strong lateral velocity heterogeneity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 560-570

  Nicholson, T ^a   Clarke, D ^a   Townend, J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Seismicityand tectonics; Spatial analysis; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 54849413008     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03858.x     Document Type: Article

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