Crustal velocity model along the southern Cuban margin: Implications for the tectonic regime at an active plate boundary

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 632-645

  Moreno, Bladimir ^a,b   Grandison, Margaret ^a,c   Atakan, Kuvvet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CENAIS   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Cuba; Focal mechanisms; Seismicity; Stress; Tectonic; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA;

EID: 0036839409     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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