Controls on intra-plate seismicity in southwestern Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 167-184

  Dentith, M C ^a   Featherstone, W E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Intra plate; Meckering; Neotectonics; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONOPHYSICS; TERRANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0348208043     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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