Source characteristics of the Mw 6.2 Loreto earthquake of 12 March 2003 that occured in a transform fault in the middle of the Gulf of California, Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-430

  López Pineda, Leobardo ^a   Rebollar, Cecilio J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFTERSHOCKS; FAULT GEOMETRY; REFLECTIVITY CODES; STATIC STRESS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 20444374450     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030227     Document Type: Article

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