Anomalous aftershocks of deep earthquakes in Mariana

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1977-1980

  Wu, Li Ru ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEEP EARTHQUAKES; LOWER MANTLE; MAIN SHOCK; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE MECHANISMS; WAVE FORMS;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCKS; DEEP EARTHQUAKES; MARIANA; PULSE WIDTHS; SEISMOGRAMS; VERTICAL DIRECTIVITY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032731072     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900389     Document Type: Article

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