Induced stresses and fault potential in eastern Canada due to a disc load: A preliminary analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 415-430

  Wu, Patrick ^a   Hasegawa, Henry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Glacial rebound; Seismicity; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

DISC LOAD MODEL; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEISMICITY; STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0029730656     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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