The darfield (canterbury) earthquake of september 2010: Preliminary seismological report

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Gledhill, Ken ^a   Ristau, John ^a   Reyners, Martin ^a   Fry, Bill ^a   Holden, Caroline ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FAULT SLIPS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE WAVES;

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; REVERSE FAULTING; SURFACE WAVE MAGNITUDES; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 78650284246     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.43.4.215-221     Document Type: Article

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