Along-strike variability in the seismogenic zone below Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Newman, A V ^a   Schwartz, S Y ^a   Gonzalez, V ^b   Deshon, H R ^a   Protti, J M ^b   Dorman, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EAST PACIFIC RISE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE INTERFACES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC STUDIES; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0037110235     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015409     Document Type: Article

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