Seismic strain rates and distributed continental deformation in the northern Andes and three-dimensional seismotectonics of northwestern South America

Tectonophysics

Volumn 372, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 147-166

  Corredor, Freddy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Moment tensor; Seismic strain; South America; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN RATE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141835780     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00276-2     Document Type: Article

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