Segmentation of the Aleutian plate boundary derived from stress direction estimates based on fault plane solutions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 803-816

  Lu, Zhong ^a   Wyss, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC SEGMENTATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEGMENTATION; STRESS; STRESS DIRECTION ESTIMATES; STRESS HOMOGENEITY; STRESS ORIENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC, ALEUTIAN ARC; USA, ALASKA, ALEUTIAN ARC;

EID: 0029769364     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03036     Document Type: Article

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