The Zihuatanejo, Mexico, earthquake of 1994 December 10 (M = 6.6): Source characteristics and tectonic implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-145

  Cocco, M ^a   Pacheco, J ^b   Singh, S K ^b   Courboulex, F ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake source mechanism; Mexico; Stress distribution; Strong ground motion; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MECHANISM; STRONG GROUND MOTION; SUBDUCTION; ZIHUATANEJO EARTHQUAKE 1994;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031422929     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00600.x     Document Type: Article

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