Aftershock sequences of moderate-sized intermediate and deep earthquakes in the Tonga subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2059-2062

  Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Gilbert, H J ^a,b   Hicks, B ^a,c   Wysession, M E ^a   Shore, P J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; GEOPHYSICS;

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES; DEEP EARTHQUAKES; MODERATE SIZED INTERMEDIATE EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; AFTERSHOCK ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKES; MAINSHOCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

PACIFIC; TONGA;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAPH; DEEP EARTHQUAKES; DEEP-FOCUS EARTHQUAKES; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SLAB TEMPERATURE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EID: 0031200879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01957     Document Type: Article

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