Seismic subduction of the Nazca Ridge as shown by the 1996-97 Peru earthquakes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 753-776

  Spence, William ^a   Mendoza, C ^a   Engdahl, E R ^a   Choy, G L ^a   Norabuena, Edmundo ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aftershocks seismic gap; Asperity; Earthquake potential; Earthquake rupture; Great earthquakes; Nazca Ridge; Seismotectonics; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU;

EID: 0032697756     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050251     Document Type: Article

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