DIRDOP: A directivity approach to determining the seismic rupture velocity vector

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-600

  Caldeira, Bento ^a   Bezzeghoud, Mourad ^a   Borges, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Directivity; Doppler effect; Inversion; Rupture parameters; Seismic source

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC SOURCE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; ALGERIA; AREQUIPA [PERU]; BOUMERDES; DENALI FAULT ZONE; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; PERU; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; UNITED STATES; ZEMMOURI;

EID: 77953716511     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9183-x     Document Type: Article

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