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Title: Seismic monitoring: a unified system for research and verifications

Abstract

A system for characterizing either a seismic source or geologic media from observational data was developed. This resulted from an examination of the forward and inverse problems of seismology. The system integrates many seismic monitoring research efforts into a single computational capability. Its main advantage is that it unifies computational and research efforts in seismic monitoring. 173 references, 9 figures, 3 tables.

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Research Org.:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6229585
Report Number(s):
UCRL-52665
TRN: 79-012596
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DETECTION; COMPUTER CODES; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION; DETECTION; EXPLOSIONS; PROCESSING; SEISMIC EVENTS; 580203* - Geophysics- Geophysical Survey Methods- (1980-1989); 450300 - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Nuclear Explosion Detection

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Thigpen, L. Seismic monitoring: a unified system for research and verifications. United States: N. p., 1979. Web. doi:10.2172/6229585.
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abstractNote = {A system for characterizing either a seismic source or geologic media from observational data was developed. This resulted from an examination of the forward and inverse problems of seismology. The system integrates many seismic monitoring research efforts into a single computational capability. Its main advantage is that it unifies computational and research efforts in seismic monitoring. 173 references, 9 figures, 3 tables.},
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year = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 1979},
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