Seismic event identification

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-432

  Anderson, Dale N ^a   Randall, George E ^a   Whitaker, Rodney W ^a   Arrowsmith, Stephen J ^a   Arrowsmith, Marie D ^a   Fagan, Deborah K ^a   Taylor, Steven R ^b   Selby, Neil D ^c   Schult, Frederick R ^d   Kraft, Gordon D ^e   Walter, William R ^f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Geophysics   (United States)

^c AWE   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Quantum Technology Sciences   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NULL HYPOTHESIS; P-VALUES; PROPAGATION PATHS; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC WAVEFORMS; STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TELESEISMIC;

SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 78649845617     PISSN: 19395108     EISSN: 19390068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wics.105     Document Type: Review

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