Shallow dips of normal faults during rapid extension: Earthquakes in the Woodlark-D'Entrecasteaux rift system, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15301-15317

  Abers, Geoffrey A ^a   Mutter, Carolyn Z ^b   Fang, Jia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIP; EARTHQUAKE; EXTENSION; FAULT GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, WOODLARK-D'ENTRECASTEAUX RIFT;

EID: 0031449693     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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