An EGF technique to infer the rupture velocity history of a small magnitude earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  de Lorenzo, S ^a   Filippucci, Marilena ^a   Boschi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GREEN FUNCTION; MOMENT TENSOR; P-WAVE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 57649193138     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005496     Document Type: Article

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