The March 25, 1998 Antarctic plate earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2097-2100

  Nettles, Meredith ^a   Wallace, Terry C ^a   Beck, Susan L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; FOCAL MECHANISM; FRACTURE ZONE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARIES; POINT OF RUPTURE; TELESEISMIC BODY WAVES; WAVE FORMS; AFTERSHOCKS; TECTONIC PLATES;

FAULTING; EARTHQUAKES;

ANTARCTIC PLATE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0032728038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900387     Document Type: Article

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