Coseismic reactivation of the Samambaia fault, Brazil

Tectonophysics

Volumn 430, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Takeya, Mário K ^a   Sousa, Maria O L ^a,b   do Nascimento, Aderson F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contractional bend; Fault discontinuity; Fault segments; Intraplate seismicity; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BRAZIL; POTIGUAR BASIN; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846389417     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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