Faulting parameters of earthquakes in the New Madrid, Missouri, region

Engineering Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 299-311

  Herrmann, Robert B ^a   Ammon, Charles J ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Focal mechanism; New Madrid; Seismic movement; Stress orientation; Surface wave; Waveform modeling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURFACE WAVES;

FAULTING PARAMETERS; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC MOVEMENT; STRESS ORIENTATION;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC METHOD; STRESS FIELD; STRESS ORIENTATION; SURFACE WAVE;

USA, NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE;

EID: 0042078524     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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