Stress-field constraints from recent intraplate seismicity in southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Allen, Trevor I ^a,b   Gibson, G ^a,c   Cull, J P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Environmental Systems and Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Focal mechanism; Intraplate stress; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744450110     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500139380     Document Type: Article

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