Bookshelf faulting in Nicaragua

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 751-754

  La Femina, Peter C ^a   Dixon, T H ^a   Strauch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Block rotation; Bookshelf faulting; Neotectonics; Nicaragua; Seismic hazards

Indexed keywords

SUBDUCTION;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; TRENCHING; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0036693021     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0751:BFIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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