Development of Regional Discriminants,

Abstract

Significant progress has been made recently in retrieving source mechanisms from regional broadband seismograms. A consequence is that the magnitude threshold of events that can be analyzed has been lowered to less than 4. Because of the frequent occurrence and relatively simple source functions of earthquakes in the magnitude range of 3-5, their waveforms are ideal for investigating regional structures, which is of great importance for delineating fault structures and understanding path effects for ground motions from large earthquakes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1996
Accession Number
ADA326500

Entities

People

  • Donald V. Helmberger

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • California
  • Continents
  • Earth Sciences
  • Earthquakes
  • Geography
  • Geophysics
  • Inversion
  • Love Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • United States
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Geology

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Seismology