Detailed p- and s-wave velocity models along the LARSE II transect, Southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3194-3212

  Murphy, Janice M ^a   Fuis, Gary S ^a   Ryberg, Trond ^b   Lutter, William J ^c   Catchings, Rufus D ^a   Goldman, Mark R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FAULT ZONE; FLOWER STRUCTURES; FORWARD MODELING; INDEPENDENT MODEL; INVERSE MODELS; INVERSE VELOCITIES; INVERSION ALGORITHM; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; LOS ANGELES; LOWER LIMITS; MODEL-BASED PREDICTION; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PHASE II; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCENARIO EARTHQUAKES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY MODEL;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; REFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR WAVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GROUND MOTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

CALIFORNIA; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650156738     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090004     Document Type: Article

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