Source characteristics of the 12 November 1996 M(w) 7.7 Peru subduction zone earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 731-751

  Swenson, Jennifer L ^a   Beck, Susan L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical earthquakes; P waveforms; Rupture characteristics; Source characteristics; Source parameters; Source time function

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU;

EID: 0032719578     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050250     Document Type: Article

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