The effect of seamount subduction on seismic coupling

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-490

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Small, Christopher ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; PLATE INTERFACES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION-ZONE EARTHQUAKES; CAMPOS MODEL; IZU-BONIN TRENCH; SCHOLZ MODEL; SEAMOUNT SUBDUCTION; SEISMIC COUPLING; SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKE; TONGA-KERMADEC TRENCH;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKES; SEAMOUNTS; SEISMIC COUPLING;

IZU-BONIN ARC; KERMADEC TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH; PACIFIC, IZU-BONIN TRENCH; PACIFIC, TONGA-KERMADEC TRENCH;

EID: 0031171550     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0487:TEOSSO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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