"Detached" deep earthquakes: Are they really?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 109-143

  Okal, E A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep earthquakes; Detached; High frequency seismic energy

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; PARAGUAY; SPAIN;

EID: 0035213411     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00224-2     Document Type: Article

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