Location of seismic signals associated with microearthquakes and rockfalls on the Séchilienne landslide, French Alps

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 341-353

  Lacroix, P ^a   Helmstetter, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTS; FIRST ARRIVAL; FRENCH ALPS; LOCATION ACCURACY; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; PROPAGATION SPEED; ROCKFALL TRAJECTORY; ROCKFALLS; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC SIGNALS; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; VELOCITY MODEL;

ROCK BURSTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; ROCKFALL; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

ALPS;

EID: 79251623573     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100110     Document Type: Article

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