The Ms = 7.3 1992 Suusamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake in the Tien Shan: 2. Aftershock focal mechanisms and surface deformation

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-38

  Ghose, Sujoy ^b   Mellors, Robert J ^a,b   Korjenkov, Andrei M ^c   Hamburger, Michael W ^b   Pavlis, Terry L ^d   Pavlis, Gary L ^b   Omuraliev, Mederbek ^c   Mamyrov, Ernes ^c   Muraliev, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; SUUSAMYR EARTHQUAKE 1992; THRUST;

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, TIEN SHAN, SUUSAMYR;

EID: 0031286526     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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