Seismicity of oceanic and continental rifts - a geodynamic approach

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 253-266

  Sobolev, P O ^a   Rundquist, D V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geodynamic approach; Rifts; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GEODYNAMICS; RIFTING; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0033535165     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00165-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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