The Ms = 7.3 1992 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake: 1. Constraints on fault geometry and source parameters based on aftershocks and body-wave modeling

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Mellors, R J ^a   Vernon, F L ^a   Pavlis, G L ^b   Abers, G A ^c   Hamburger, M W ^b   Ghose, S ^b   Iliasov, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; SUUSAMYR EARTHQUAKE 1992; TELESEISMIC DATA;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, TIEN SHAN, SUUSAMYR;

EID: 0031286525     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0870010011     Document Type: Article

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