SCARDEC: A new technique for the rapid determination of seismic moment magnitude, focal mechanism and source time functions for large earthquakes using body-wave deconvolution

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 338-358

  Vallee M ^a   Charlety J ^a   Ferreira, A M G ^b,c   Delouis, B ^a   Vergoz, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake source observations; Inverse theory; Subduction zone processes; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BODY WAVES; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; INVERSE THEORY; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS; SURFACE WAVES AND FREE OSCILLATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BODY WAVE; DECONVOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78650139544     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04836.x     Document Type: Article

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