Earthquake location from P-arrival times only: Problems and some solutions

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 553-566

  Janský, Jaromír ^a   Novotný, Oldřich ^a   Plicka, Vladimír ^a   Zahradnik J ^a   Sokos, Efthimios ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

station's distribution; two step location; western Greece

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; AZIMUTH; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84862493786     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-011-9036-2     Document Type: Article

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