Faulting mechanism of anomalous earthquakes near Bárdarbunga Volcano, Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 17973-17983

  Nettles, Meredith ^a,b   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOTECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

BARDARBUNGA VOLCANO; ICELAND;

EID: 0032504728     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01392     Document Type: Article

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