Lithospheric strength and intraplate seismicity in the New Madrid seismic zone

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 585-595

  Liu, Lanbo ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HEAT FLOW; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRENGTH;

USA, NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE;

EID: 0031431799     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC01467     Document Type: Article

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