Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenic zone processes in Costa Rica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Norabuena, Edmundo ^a,b   Dixon, Timothy H ^a   Schwartz, Susan ^c   DeShon, Heather ^c,d   Newman, Andrew ^c,e   Protti, Marino ^f   Gonzalez, Victor ^f   Dorman, LeRoy ^g   Flueh, Ernst R ^h   Lundgren, Paul ⁱ   Pollitz, Fred ^j   Sampson, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Costa Rica; Geodetic and seismic; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044375376     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002931     Document Type: Review

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