Seismotectonics of Jamaica

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 573-580

  Wiggins Grandison, Margaret D ^a,b   Atakan, Kuvvet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Fault plane; Jamaica; Seismicity; Stress regime; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE; MICROPLATE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 15044350610     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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