Tectonic interpretation of aftershock relocations in eastern Papua New Guinea using teleseismic data and the arrival pattern method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1103-1111

  Tregoning, P ^a   Sambridge, M ^a   McQueen, H ^a   Toulmin, S ^a,b   Nicholson, T ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Arrival pattern method; Papua New Guinea; Seismology; Weitin fault

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 15944403567     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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