Going deep: New ground motion model more accurately simulates earthquakes, explosions - Phys.org

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created a new adjoint waveform tomography model that more accurately simulates earthquake and explosion ground motions. The paper, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, was…

Map of the Western United States study area showing topography/bathymetry with WUS256 domain (outer thick black line), labeled major physiographic regions (black lines, Fenneman & Johnson, 1946),… [+5349 chars]

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