Stress tensor analysis of the 1998-1999 tectonic swarm of northern Quito related to the volcanic swarm of Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador

Tectonophysics

Volumn 344, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-36

  Legrand, D ^a   Calahorrano, A ^b   Guillier, B ^b,c   Rivera, L ^d,e   Ruiz, M ^b   Villagomez D ^b   Yepes, H ^b  

^a Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines   (Ecuador)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Guagua pichincha volcano; Stress tensor; Volcanic and tectonic swarm

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANO;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0036198483     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00273-6     Document Type: Article

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