Source characterization of the San Juan (Argentina) crustal earthquakes of 15 January 1944 (Mw 7.0) and 11 June 1952 (Mw 6.8)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 615-631

  Alvarado, Patricia ^a,b   Beck, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andean backarc crust; Historical earthquake source; Precordillera

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE SOURCE;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644904571     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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