Numerically stable computation of complete synthetic seismograms including the static displacement in plane layered media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1516-1536

  O'Toole, Thomas B ^a   Woodhouse, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations; Numerical solutions; Radar interferometry; Satellite geodesy; Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE GEODESY;

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEODESY; GEOMETRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GPS; GROUND MOTION; HALF SPACE; P-WAVE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THEORETICAL STUDY; VECTOR;

EID: 81555219125     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05210.x     Document Type: Article

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