Fault of interactions and subduction tectonics: A re-examination of the Weber, New Zealand, earthquake sequence of 1990

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-753

  Robinson, Russell ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fault interaction; Stress triggering; Subduction

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; PACIFIC PLATE; STRESS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0141633870     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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