Source location of the 19 February 2008 Oregon bolide using seismic networks and infrasound arrays

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Walker, Kristoffer T ^a   Hedlin, Michael A H ^a   De Groot Hedlin, Catherine ^a   Vergoz, Julien ^b   Le Pichon, Alexis ^b   Drob, Douglas P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; AZIMUTH; BOLIDE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAPH; SENSOR;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649496595     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007863     Document Type: Article

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