Mapping the b-value anomaly at 100 km depth in the Alaska and New Zealand subduction zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1557-1560

  Wiemer, Stefan ^a   Benoit, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Alaska Volcano Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MAPPING; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMOGRAPHS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ARC VOLCANISM; ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTOUR; FREQUENCY MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; OCEAN CRUST; SEISMIC INTENSITY; SOURCE DEPTH; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PORE PRESSURE;

ARC VOLCANISM; B VALUE; B-VALUE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY/MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

NEW ZEALAND; USA, ALASKA;

B VALUE ANOMALIES; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; NEW ZEALAND; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER SURFACE; WADATI-BENIOFF ZONES;

EID: 0030175295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01233     Document Type: Article

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