A re-assessment of focal depth distributions in southern Iran, the Tien Shan and northern India: Do earthquakes really occur in the continental mantle?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 629-661

  Maggi, A ^a   Jackson, J A ^a   Priestley, K ^a   Baker, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental mantle lithosphere; Earthquakes; Lithosphere rheology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM;

ASIA; INDIA; IRAN;

EID: 0034536473     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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