A note on the depth recurrence and strain release of large Vrancea earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 272, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 291-302

  Oncescu, Mihnea Corneliu ^a   Bonjer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Seismic moment; Strain; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VRANCEA EARTHQUAKE 1940;

ROMANIA, VRANCEA;

EID: 0030830413     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00263-6     Document Type: Article

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