Effects of three-dimensional Earth structure on CMT earthquake parameters

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 178-190

  Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

CMT earthquake parameters; Source parameter errors; Subduction zone earthquakes; Three dimensional Earth structure

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SETS; EARTH STRUCTURES; EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; INVERSION ALGORITHM; MINIMAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ERROR; RECEIVER LOCATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SOURCE-PARAMETER ERRORS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES; ERRORS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LOCATION; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SET; EARTH STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMOGRAM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77951093345     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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