Re-evaluation of focal depths and source mechanisms of selected earthquakes in the Afar depression

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 297-308

  Hagos, Lijam ^a   Shomali, H ^a,b   Roberts, R ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afar depression; Body waves; Danakil microplate; Fault plane solutions; Focal depth; Wave form analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROPLATE; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; P-WAVE; PLATE MOTION; SH-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749342405     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03091.x     Document Type: Article

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