Analysis of shallow and deep earthquake doublets in the Fiji-Tonga-Kermadec region

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-74

  Gibowicz, Slawomir J ^a   Lasocki, Stanislaw ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clustering test; Doublet; Earthquake; Focal mechanism; Seismic catalogue

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; FIJI; KERMADEC ISLANDS; MELANESIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA;

EID: 33847404896     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0155-6     Document Type: Article

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