Seismic activity triggered by stress changes after the 1978 events in the Asal Rift, Djibouti

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2481-2484

  Jacques, E ^a   King, G C P ^a   Tapponnier, P ^a   Ruegg, J C ^a   Manighetti, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKES; HISTORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS;

COULOMB STRESS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; TRIGGER EARTHQUAKE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; FAULT SLIPS;

COULOMB STRESS; DEFORMATION; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

DJIBOUTI, ASAL RIFT;

COULOMB STRESS; COULOMB STRESS CHANGES; DJIBOUTI; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; STRESS CHANGES; TELESEISMIC;

EID: 0030235969     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02261     Document Type: Article

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