Tectonic implications of the earthquake swarm of 1997 in the Michoacan Triangle, Mexico

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-577

  Pacheco, Javier F ^a   Valdés González, Carlos ^a   Delgado, Hugo ^a   Singh, Shri K ^a   Zuñiga, F Ramón ^a   Mortera Gutiérrez, Carlos A ^a   Santoyo, Miguel A ^a   Domínguez, Jaime ^a   Barrón, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS; TECTONICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343339966     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(99)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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