A geometric comparison of source-type plots for moment tensors

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 499-510

  Tape, Walter ^a   Tape, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

EIGEN-VALUE; GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; MOMENT TENSORS; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SEISMOLOGY; SPHERES; TENSORS;

GEOMETRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EIGENVALUE; GEOMETRY; MOMENT TENSOR; PROBABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EUCLIDIA;

EID: 84862220444     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05490.x     Document Type: Article

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