Diagnosing Source Geometrical Complexity of Large Earthquakes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2819-2840

  Rivera, L ^a,b   Kanamori, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY; FOCAL MECHANISM; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GEOMETRICAL COMPLEXITY; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; MOMENT TENSORS; SOURCE COMPLEXITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COMPLEXITY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMIC DATA; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 84915754495     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0769-4     Document Type: Article

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