Examination of slow and late moment release of the 1988 spitak and 1991 Racha, Caucasus, earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-269

  Kuge, Keiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collision belts; Earthquake source mechanism; Long period; Source time functions; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

RACHA EARTHQUAKE 1991; SEISMIC MOMENT RELIEF; SOURCE MECHANISM; SPITAK EARTHQUAKE 1988; SURFACE WAVE;

EUROPE, CAUCASUS;

EID: 0030803516     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01553.x     Document Type: Article

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