P-wave first-motion focal mechanism solutions and their quality evaluation

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1402-1411

  Yu, Chun Quan ^a   Tao, Kai ^a   Cui, Xiao Feng ^b   Hu, Xing Ping ^a,b   Ning, Jie Yuan ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism solution; Grid search method; P wave first motion

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; FOCAL MECHANISM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350656380     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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