Seismotectonics of western Turkey from high resolution earthquake relocations and moment tensor determinations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Zhu, Lupei ^a   Akyol, Nihal ^b   Mitchell, Brian J ^a   Sozbilir, Hasan ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HIGH RESOLUTION EARTHQUAKE RELOCATIONS; MOMENT TENSORS; SEISMOTECTONICS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33646840878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025842     Document Type: Article

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