Incorporation of probabilistic seismic phase labels into a Bayesian multiple-event seismic locator

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-204

  Myers, Stephen C ^a   Johannesson, Gardar ^a   Hanley, William ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Seismic monitoring and test ban treaty verification; Seismicity and tectonics; Statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EID: 63049093126     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04070.x     Document Type: Article

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