Type of faulting and orientation of stress and strain as a function of space and time in Kilauea's south flank, Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 16025-16042

  Gillard, Dominique ^a   Wyss, Max ^b   Okubo, Paul ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FAULTS; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; STRESS;

PACIFIC; PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, HAWAII, KILAUEA; USA, HAWAII, HAWAII, KILAUEA;

EID: 0030513508     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00651     Document Type: Article

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