Gaussian curvature and the relationship between the shape and the deformation of the Tonga slab

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-327

  Nothard, Sarah ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a   Haines, John ^b   Jackson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deformation; Earthquake location; Subduction; Tonga slab

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKES; FOCAL MECHANISM; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

TONGA;

EID: 0030429967     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04722.x     Document Type: Article

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