Slip rate and earthquake recurrence along the central Septentrional fault, North American-Caribbean plate boundary, Dominican Republic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Prentice, Carol S ^a   Mann, Paul ^b   Pena, Luis R ^c   Burr, G ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Arizona ^*  (Dominican Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean tectonics; Dominican Republic; Paleoseismology; Seismic hazard; Septentrional fault

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SLIP; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0037699759     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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