Superposition of local and regional stresses in northeast Brazil: evidence from focal mechanisms around the Potiguar marginal basin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-355

  Ferreira, J M ^a,b   Oliveira, R T ^a   Takeya, M K ^a   Assumpcao M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN SITU STRESS; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031668354     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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