Seismicity gaps and the shape of the seismic zone in the Banda Sea region from relocated hypocenters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Das, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banda Arc; Deep earthquakes; Earthquake relocation; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMICITY;

BANDA ARC; INDONESIAN SEAS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14244252102     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003192     Document Type: Article

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