Source analysis using regional empirical Green's functions: The 2008 Wells, Nevada, earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Mendoza, C ^a   Hartzell, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; BROADBAND WAVEFORM; EMPIRICAL GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SITE EFFECTS; SLIP MODEL; SOURCE ANALYSIS; STRESS DROP; STRONG-MOTION DATA; TELESEISMIC; THREE-COMPONENT; WAVE FORMS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EARTHQUAKES; WELLS;

GREEN'S FUNCTION;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949086151     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038073     Document Type: Article

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