Seismicity of the Bering Strait region: Evidence for a Bering block

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 979-982

  Mackey, Kevin G ^a   Fujita, Kazuya ^a   Gunbina, Larissa V ^b   Kovalev, Valentin N ^b   Imaev, Valery S ^c   Koz'min, Boris M ^d   Imaeva, Ludmilla P ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Federal Service for Surveillance of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing   (Russian Federation)

^d DIAMOND AND PRECIOUS METAL GEOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC PLATES; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; TERRANE ACCRETION; THRUST FAULTING;

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; GROUND MOTION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; BERING BLOCK; COMPRESSION; EXTENSION; ROTATION; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONICS;

ALASKA; BERING STRAIT; UNITED STATES; CHUKOTKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; USA;

EID: 0031404802     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0979:SOTBSR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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