Stress field in Costa Rica, Central America

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-319

  Quintero, Ronnie ^c   Güendel, Federico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; FAULT PLANE; P-WAVE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0033875877     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009867405248     Document Type: Article

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