Booming plutons: Source of microearthquake in South Carolina

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Stevenson, Donald ^a   Gangopadhyay, Abhijit ^b   Talwani, Pradeep ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS;

GRANITIC PLUTONS; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PERIPHERY; SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

MICROEARTHQUAKE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUTON; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC PLATE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645824344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024679     Document Type: Article

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