A geodetic study of the 2003 January 22 Tecomán, Colima, Mexico earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-406

  Schmitt, Stuart V ^a   Demets, Charles ^a   Stock, J ^b   Sanchez O ^c   Marquez azua B ^d   Reyes, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquake triggering; Middle America trench; Rivera plate; Subduction thrust earthquakes

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; SLIP; SUBDUCTION; THRUST;

COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TECOMAN;

EID: 34247218750     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03322.x     Document Type: Article

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