Active compressional tectonics in central Africa and implications for plate tectonic models: Evidence from fault mechanism studies of the 1998 earthquakes in the Congo Basin

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Ayele, Atalay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Compressional tectonics; Congo Basin; Fault mechanisms; Intraplate seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036658699     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(02)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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