Display and quantitative assessment of distributions of earthquake focal mechanisms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 300-308

  Frohlich, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source mechanism; Statistical methods; Stress distribution; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS; TECTONICS;

EID: 0035096889     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2001.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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