Triggered seismicity in the Valley of Mexico from major Mexican earthquakes

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-15

  Singh, S K ^a   Anderson, J G ^b   Rodríguez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismicity; Triggered seismicity; Valley of Mexico

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031869118     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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