Seismicity and neotectonics of West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Winberry, J Paul ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ICE; TECTONICS; GEOPHYSICS;

SEISMICITY; ICE SHEET; NEOTECTONICS; RIFT SYSTEMS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SEISMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; NEOTECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; SEISMICITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0346911831     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018001     Document Type: Article

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