Focal mechanisms of intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath southeastern Hokkaido, Japan implications of the double seismic zone

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2279-2299

  Ozel, Nurcan ^a   Moriya, Takeo ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermediate depth earthquakes; New focal mechanism; Stress directions; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC ZONE; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0242369012     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2396-y     Document Type: Article

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