Seismicity of the denali-totschunda fault zone in central Alaska (1912-1988) and its relation to the 2002 Denali fault earthquake sequence

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 6 SUPPL. B, 2004, Pages

  Doser, Diane I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DENALI FAULT SYSTEM; FIRST-MOTION ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; HISTORICAL RECORD; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15544386938     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040611     Document Type: Article

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