Stress in western Canada from regional moment tensor analysis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-148

  Ristau, John ^a,b,c   Rogers, Garry C ^a,b   Cassidy, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

EARTHQUAKE HARZARD ANALYSIS; REGIONAL MOMENT TENSOR ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKES;

COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MOMENT TENSOR; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SLAB; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34249696881     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-057     Document Type: Article

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