Numerical modelling of earthquake flow in the southeastern Carpathians (Vrancea): Effect of a sinking slab

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 267-274

  Ismail Zadeh, A T ^a   Keilis Borok, V I ^a   Soloviev, A A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dynamics of rigid blocks; Sinking slab; Synthetic seismicity; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0033535166     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00166-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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