Shear-zone thickness and the seismicity of Chilean- and Marianas-type subduction zones

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Cloos, Mark ^a   Shreve, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCK PRESSURE; ROOFS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONVERGENT MARGIN; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; LOW CONFINING PRESSURE; PLATE INTERFACES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SMALL EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SEISMIC GAPS; SHEAR ZONE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; ROOF; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT; TRENCH; CONVERGENT MARGINS; SEAMOUNT; SHEAR ZONE THICKNESS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

CHILE;

EID: 0029777691     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0107:SZTATS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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