Surface rupture of the Cariaco July 09, 1997 earthquake on the El Pilar fault, northeastern Venezuela

Tectonophysics

Volumn 424, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-39

  Audemard, Franck A ^a  

^a Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

After slip; Cariaco earthquake; Caribbean; El Pilar fault; Nucleation; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY;

CARIACO; SOUTH AMERICA; SUCRE [VENEZUELA]; VENEZUELA;

PARIA;

EID: 33748131243     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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