Mainshock and aftershock analysis of the June 17, 1996, deep Flores Sea earthquake sequence: Implications for the mechanism of deep earthquakes and the tectonics of the Banda Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 9987-10001

  Tinker, Mark Andrew ^a,b   Beck, Susan L ^a   Jiao, Wenjie ^a,c   Wallace, Terry C ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Quantum Technology Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLORES SEA EARTHQUAKE 1996; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

BANDA SEA; FLORES SEA; PACIFIC;

EID: 0032503176     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03533     Document Type: Article

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