The 1999-2000 seismic experiment of Macas swarm (Ecuador) in relation with rift inversion in Subandean foothills

Tectonophysics

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-80

  Legrand, Denis ^a,e   Baby, Patrice ^b   Bondoux, F ^c   Dorbath, C ^c   Bes de Berc S ^c,f   Rivadeneira, M ^d  

^a UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

^c IRD UR 104 LMTG   (France)

^d Petroproducción ^*  (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Inversion tectonics; Seismic swarm; Subandean foothills

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT ZONE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC DATA;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244339889     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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