Local overturn of active and non-active seismic zones as a precursor of large earthquakes in the Lesser Antillean Arc

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 163-175

  Shebalin, P ^a   Girardin, N ^b   Rotwain, I ^a   Keilis Borok, V ^a   Dubois, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

LEEWARD ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 0030432822     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(96)03138-X     Document Type: Article

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