Intermediate depth earthquakes beneath the India-Tibet collision zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 435-438

  Zhu, Lupei ^a   Helmberger, Donald V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FOCAL DEPTH; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS;

BROADBAND WAVEFORM; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH EARTHQUAKES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; NORMAL FAULTING; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM;

FAULTING;

EID: 0029774177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00385     Document Type: Article

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