Fluid pressures at hypocenters of moderate to large earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B2, 2001, Pages 2235-2243

  Streit, Jürgen E ^a,b   Cox, Stephen F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT SLIP; FLUID PRESSURE;

EID: 0035066068     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900359     Document Type: Article

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