An updated global earthquake catalogue for stable continental regions: Reassessing the correlation with ancient rifts

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 707-721

  Schulte, Saskia M ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraplate seismicity; Rifts; Stable continental

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS;

SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 20644437997     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02554.x     Document Type: Article

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