Earthquake activity near Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean, as seen by a combined seismic/hydrophone array

Geothermics

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 507-519

  Hanson, Jeff A ^a   Given, Holly K ^a   Berger, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascension Island; Fracture zone; Microearthquakes; Mid ocean ridge

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROPHONES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

MICROEARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MICROEARTHQUAKE; MICROEARTHQUAKES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEISMICITY;

ATLANTIC, ASCENSION ISLAND;

EID: 0030209497     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-6505(96)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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