The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East

Geophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 45-73

  Jackson, James ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; continental deformation; Mediterranean; Middle East; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT TEMPERATURES; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; SEDIMENTARY COVER; SEISMIC MOMENT TENSORS; SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; IRAN; MEDITERRANEAN, ADRIATIC SEA; SAUDI ARABIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0024194521     PISSN: 09524592     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x     Document Type: Article

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