Moment tensor resolution: Case study of the Irpinia Seismic Network, Southern Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1348-1357

  Michele, Maddalena ^a   Custódio, Susana ^b,d   Emolo, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMBER THEORY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

CONDITION NUMBERS; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; VARIABILITY INDEX; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT TENSOR; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AVELLINO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; IRPINIA; ITALY;

EID: 84903727327     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120130177     Document Type: Article

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