Seismicity of the Kodiak Island region (1964-2001) and its relation to the 1964 great Alaska earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3269-3292

  Doser, Diane I ^a   Brown, Wesley A ^a   Velasquez, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; MOMENT TENSOR; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036951140     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010280     Document Type: Article

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