I. The Caracas, Venezuela Earthquake of 1967: A Multiple Source Event. II. Seismic Waves at the Epicenter's Antipode

Citation

Rial M., José Antonio (1979) I. The Caracas, Venezuela Earthquake of 1967: A Multiple Source Event. II. Seismic Waves at the Epicenter's Antipode. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/725f-v881. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11112019-154510111

Abstract

This dissertation consists of two unrelated subjects. Although both deal with the construction of synthetic seismograms, the first (Chapter I) is the detailed study of a complicated earthquake source, whereas the second (Chapter II) deals with the structure of the earth's interior as seen from the antipode of a seismic wave source. The two can be classified as problems involving forward inversion of seismological data. There is, however, a significant common ground in the spirit of the approach in the sense that seismic wave interference phenomena, present in both, are used as allies in reducing the inherent non-uniqueness of the inversion process.

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