General orthogonal regression relations between body-wave and moment magnitudes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Das, Ranjit ^a   Wason, H R ^a   Sharma, M L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; GLOBAL DATA SETS; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; ORTHOGONAL REGRESSION; PENINSULAR INDIA; PROJECTED POINTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; STATISTICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BODY WAVE; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC MOMENT;

INDIA; JAPAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84876916538     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120125     Document Type: Article

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