Evidence for short-scale stress field variations within intraplate central-western France

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-178

  Mazabraud, Yves ^a   Béthoux, Nicole ^a   Guilbert, Jocelyn ^b   Bellier, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; France; Intraplate stress field; Relocation of earthquakes; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PALEOSEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13344259962     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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