Seismo- and neotectonics in Finnmark, Kola and the southern Barents Sea, part 2: Seismological analysis and seismotectonics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Bungum, H ^a   Lindholm, C ^a  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active faults; Crustal stress; Fennoscandia; Focal mechanisms; Lapland; Postglacial rebound; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS; TECTONICS;

BARENTS SEA; NORWAY, FINNMARK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA;

EID: 0030851158     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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