Rupture history of the 1997 Cariaco, Venezuela, earthquake from teleseismic P waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1555-1558

  Mendoza, C ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EPICENTRAL AREA; LINE SOURCES; MACROSEISMIC; MAINSHOCK; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; TELESEISMIC; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CARIACO; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034518038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011278     Document Type: Article

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