Location of seismic events using inaccurate data from very sparse networks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 975-991

  Knapmeyer, Martin ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Inverse theory; Planetary interiors; Seismic monitoring and test ban treaty verification

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; AZIMUTH; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; EARTH; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 57049144988     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03862.x     Document Type: Article

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