Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/MDDJ0PY Imaging the Rupture Processes of Earthquakes Using the Relative Back-Projection Method Theory and Applications By: Hao Zhang Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783662552377, 366255237X eText ISBN: 9783662552391, 3662552396 Copyright year: 2018 Format: EPUB Available from $ 119.00 USD SKU 9783662552391 This thesis adopts the relative back-projection method to dramatically reduce “swimming” artifacts by identifying the rupture fronts in the time window of a reference station; this led to a faster and more accurate image of the rupture processes of earthquakes. Mitigating the damage caused by earthquakes is one of the primary goals of seismology, and includes saving more people’s lives by devising seismological approaches to rapidly analyze an earthquake’s rupture process. The back-projection method described in this thesis can make that a reality.
