Automated procedure for point and kinematic source inversion at regional distances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Cesca, Simone ^a,b   Heimann, Sebastian ^a,b   Stammler, Klaus ^b   Dahm, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GREEN FUNCTION; POINT SOURCE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

GERMANY; GREECE;

EID: 77954372549     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006450     Document Type: Article

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