Microearthquake seismicity at the intersection between the Kazerun fault and the Main Recent Fault (Zagros, Iran)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 186-196

  Yamini Fard, Farzam ^a,b   Hatzfeld, Denis ^a   Tatar, Mohammad ^b   Mokhtari, Mohammad ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Iran; Kazerun; Microseismicity; Partitioning; Zagros

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33745586043     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02891.x     Document Type: Article

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