Local shear wave observations in João Câmara, northeast Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  do Nascimento, Anderson F ^a   Pearce, Robert G ^a   Takeya, Mario K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EDA; Northeast Brazil; Seismic anisotropy; Seismology; Stress regime

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; WAVE SPLITTING;

BRAZIL; JOAO CAMARA; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE STATE;

EID: 0037058176     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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