Aftershock sequence of the 9 May 1989 Canary Islands earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Jimenez M J ^a   Garcia Fernandez M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CANARY ISLANDS EARTHQUAKE 1989; EARTHQUAKE; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0029769012     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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