Examination of scaling between earthquake magnitude and proposed early signals in P waveforms from very near source stations in a South African gold mine

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Lewis, M A ^a   Ben Zion, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GOLD MINE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; WARNING SYSTEM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56449084322     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005506     Document Type: Article

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