Rapid directivity detection by azimuthal amplitude spectra inversion

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-164

  Cesca, Simone ^a   Heimann, Sebastian ^a   Dahm, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectra; Directivity; Earthquake source; Kinematic model

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; P-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 78650309835     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9217-4     Document Type: Article

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