Effects of three-dimensional crustal structure and smoothing constraint on earthquake slip inversions: Case study of the Mw6.3 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 428-449

  Gallovič, František ^a   Imperatori, Walter ^b,c   Mai, P Martin ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D Green's functions; HR GPS waveforms; Mw6.3 2009 L'Aquila earthquake; slip inversion; synthetic tests; topography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SLIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

AQUILA;

EID: 84924052772     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011650     Document Type: Article

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