Seismic body wave constraint on mechanisms on intermediate-depth earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Tibi, Rigobert ^a   Bock, Guenter ^a   Estabrook, Charles H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body waves; Dehydration; Earthquake source mechanism; Intermediate depth earthquakes; Seismic moment; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

EID: 0037051481     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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