Triggering of destructive earthquakes in El Salvador

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Martínez Díaz, José J ^a   Álvarez Gómez, José A ^a   Benito, Belén ^b   Hernández, Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; El Salvador; Seismic hazard; Seismic triggering; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONES; VOLCANIC ARCS;

RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR;

EID: 10744221354     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20089.1     Document Type: Article

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