Seismicity and deformation at convergent margins due to heterogeneous coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3015-3029

  Dmowska, Renata ^a   Zheng, Gutuan ^a   Rice, James R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; DEFORMATION; HETEROGENEITY; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0029768497     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03122     Document Type: Article

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