Source process of the Chiapas, Mexico, intermediate-depth earthquake (Mw = 7.2) of 21 October 1995

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 348-358

  Rebollar, Cecilio J ^a   Quintanar, Luis ^b   Yamamoto, Jaime ^b   Uribe, Antonio ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CFE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CHIAPAS STATE; MEXICO;

EID: 0032790653     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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