Stress heterogeneity in the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, Baja California, Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 783-794

  Rebollar, Cecilio J ^a   Reyes, Luis M ^a   Quintanar, Luis ^b   Arellano, Jose F ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Centro Nacional Alterno   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; STRESSES;

STRESS HETEROGENEITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; CERRO PRIETO FIELD; MEXICO;

EID: 0038755173     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020003     Document Type: Article

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