Crustal deformation in northern Central America

Tectonophysics

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-131

  Cáceres, Diego ^a,b   Monterroso, David ^a   Tavakoli, Behrooz ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Average strain rate; Central America; Crustal deformation; Seismic moment tensor summation; Seismic strain rate tensor

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SLIP; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644473666     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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