Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 633-675

  Okal, Emile A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irian Jaya; New Guinea; Seismicity; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

INDONESIA; IRIAN JAYA; NEW GUINEA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032719577     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247     Document Type: Article

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