One magnitude unit reduction in detection threshold by cross correlation applied to parkfield (California) and China seismicity

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3224-3238

  Schaff, David P ^a   Waldhauser, Felix ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CORRELATION DETECTION; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; ENERGY DETECTORS; FALSE-ALARM RATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MAIN SHOCK; REGIONAL NETWORKS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; THRESHOLD REDUCTION;

CORRELATION DETECTORS; EARTHQUAKES; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARDS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

AFTERSHOCK; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650149954     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100042     Document Type: Article

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