Details of stress directions in the Alaska subduction zone from fault plane solutions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B3, 1997, Pages 5385-5402

  Lu, Zhong ^a   Wyss, Max ^a   Pulpan, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030968604     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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