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The paper addresses the construction of one-dimensional (1D) velocity models in the seismogenic regions of Azerbaijan taken individually and the analysis of implications of these models for estimating the key parameters of earthquake sources in Azerbaijan. We considered and analyzed the seismological data from the local earthquakes, the arrival times of the P-, P-g, Pn-, S-, Sg-, and Sn-waves recorded by the network of telemetry stations during the period from 2005 to 2014 with ml ≥ 2.5. For constructing the models, we used the VELEST program which calculates 1D velocity models from travel times of seismic waves. As a result, the 1D models were built for ten regions of Azerbaijan; the key parameters of the hypocenters of the earthquakes were recalculated; and the corrections to the body-wave arrival times at the observation stations were obtained, which increased the accuracy of locating the hypocenter of earthquakes.
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Original Russian Text © S.E. Kazimova, I.E. Kazimov, 2017, published in Fizika Zemli, 2017, No. 1, pp. 72–86.
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Kazimova, S.E., Kazimov, I.E. The influence of one-dimensional velocity sections on determining the key parameters of the earthquake sources in Azerbaijan. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 53, 69–82 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351317010098
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