Dynamic rupture of asperities and stress change during a sequence of large interplate earthquakes in the Mexican Subduction Zone

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 686-702

  Mikumo, Takeshi ^a   Miyatake, Takashi ^b   Santoyo, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRESS CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC, MEXICAN SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0031756555     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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