Stress before and after the 2002 Denali fault earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Wesson, Robert L ^a   Boyd, Oliver S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TENSORS;

DEVIATORIC STRESS; FAULT EARTHQUAKE; STRESS TENSORS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; RUPTURE; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 34250697988     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029189     Document Type: Article

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