Stress transfer to the Denali and other regional faults from the M 9.2 Alaska earthquake of 1964

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

  Bufe, Charles G ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GLACIERS; HAZARDS; ROTATION; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

COULOMB STRESS; DENALI STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEM; STRESS TRANSFER;

EARTHQUAKES;

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

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

EID: 15544388527     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040622     Document Type: Article

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