Some characteristics of aftershock sequences of major earthquakes from 1994 to 2002 in the Kivu province, Western Rift Valley of Africa

Tectonophysics

Volumn 439, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Mavonga, Tuluka ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Aftershock sequences; Kivu province; Seismicity; Western Rift Valley of Africa

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; ESCARPMENT; FAULT; SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KIVU; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250832083     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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