On the origin of diverse aftershock mechanisms following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-570

  Kilb, D ^a   Ellis, M ^a   Gomberg, J ^b   Davis, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Loma Prieta

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; FOCAL MECHANISM; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030856945     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05318.x     Document Type: Article

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