Stress changes induced by earthquakes and secular stress accumulation in the Buller region, South Island, New Zealand (1929-2002)

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-310

  Hincapie, Jaime O ^a   Doser, Diane I ^a   Robinson, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; New Zealand; Stress changes

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 10844269442     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2601-7     Document Type: Article

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