The transition from strike-slip to oblique subduction in southeastern Alaska from seismological studies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 45-65

  Doser, Diane I ^a   Lomas, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Earthquakes; Focal mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034108409     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00254-1     Document Type: Article

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