The 1997 May 10 Zirkuh (Qa'enat) earthquake (M(w) 7.2): Faulting along the Sistan suture zone of eastern Iran

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 671-694

  Berberian, M ^a   Jackson, J A ^b   Qorashi, M ^c   Khatib, M M ^d   Priestley, K ^b   Talebian, M ^c   Ghafuri Ashtiani, M ^e  

^a Najarian Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Earthquakes; Iran

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

IRAN;

EID: 0032945204     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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