A new approach for associating earthquakes with geological structures: Application to epicenters in southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Amorèse, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICS;

BLADE METHOD; BEST ESTIMATE METHOD; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NEW APPROACHES; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144451929     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017247     Document Type: Article

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