Shallow seismicity of the Anchorage, Alaska, region (1964-1999)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1865-1879

  Flores, Claudia ^a   Doser, Diane I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SHALLOW SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRESS ORIENTATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALASKA; ANCHORAGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 28144442009     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040121     Document Type: Article

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