Mechanism of the 1992 Erzincan earthquake and its aftershocks, tectonics of the Erzincan Basin and decoupling on the North Anatolian Fault

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-28

  Fuenzalida, H ^a   Dorbath, L ^a,b   Cisternas, A ^a   Eyidogan, H ^c   Barka, A ^c   Rivera, L ^a   Haessler, H ^a   Philip, H ^d   Lyberis, N ^e  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ERZINCAN EARTHQUAKE 1992; FOCAL MECHANISM; PULL APART BASIN; TECTONICS;

TURKEY, ANATOLIA, ERZINCAN BASIN;

EID: 0030855017     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00935.x     Document Type: Article

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